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[Anonymous No.11596215]

Stop feeling pity.

[Anonymous No.11596228]

N. died being virgin?

[Anonymous No.11596236]

>>11596228
Pity.

[Anonymous No.11596331]

but i can't, i'm a last man

[Anonymous No.11596401]

>>11596228
he died of syphilis so no

[Anonymous No.11596406]

>>11596401
>he died of syphilis
Wtf. That's so pity.

[Anonymous No.11596415]

no he didnt
>>11596406
>>11596401

that was a rumour

first google result

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3313279/Madness-of-Nietzsche-was-cancer-not-syphilis.html

[Anonymous No.11596417]

>>11596215
If by pity he means something akin to empathy then I agree, but if he means compassion then I disagree.

[Anonymous No.11596465]

>>11596417
can you give me your personal delineation of these two? i am curious

why should we get rid of empathy?

[Anonymous No.11596580]

>>11596465
Empathy is feeling what another is feeling, or what you think they might be feeling. Compassion is simply caring for others, wanting the best for them. Empathy is full of problems. For one, it's personal, full of prejudices. We're much more likely to empathize with people like us. It's also used malevolently - for example, when a bully wants to find a person's weakest spot they empathize to do so. It's also difficult to empathize with high numbers of people. And maybe worst of all, empathy can bring us down. If someone is suffering and we empathize with them we suffer too. But if we care about them without empathizing we can remain strong and levelheaded - we aren't brought down.

[Anonymous No.11596657]

>>11596580
thanks! sounds good to me

[Anonymous No.11596893]

But I evolved as part of a group that selects and prospers on the basis of group-empathy!

[Anonymous No.11597006]

You are dead wrong. It is pity vs. pity.

[Anonymous No.11597020]

>>11596893
T. Last man
Whatever works for you bugman