# Chapter 100 explained — Beyond Good and Evil

> Chapter companion for Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

## What happens

A brief aphorism on the universal human tendency to present a simplified version of oneself to others as a form of social relaxation.

## Themes in this chapter

### Psychology as the Fundamental Science

The excerpt is a psychological observation about a universal human behavior—feigning simplicity—as a social strategy.

## Character check-ins

### The Narrator

Presents the observation about universal human behavior, using 'we' to include themselves.

## Key lines

> We all feign to ourselves that we are simpler than we are, we thus relax ourselves away from our fellows.

Everyone pretends to be less complex than they truly are; this act allows us to unwind and create distance from other people.

_Highlights the performative and strategic nature of social interaction as a means of self-preservation and relief._

## Links

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