# 118 explained — Beyond Good and Evil

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

## What happens

A brief aphorism exploring the purity of admiration found in one who has not yet considered the possibility of being admired themselves.

## Themes in this chapter

### Psychology as the Fundamental Science

Analyzes a subtle psychological state, distinguishing between pure admiration and the self-consciousness that corrupts it.

## Character check-ins

### The Narrator

Presents the psychological observation on the nature of admiration and self-awareness.

## Key lines

> There is an innocence of admiration: it is possessed by him to whom it has not yet occurred that he himself may be admired some day.

True, unspoiled admiration belongs only to someone who has never thought about becoming an object of admiration.

_Defines a psychological state of purity based on a lack of reflexive self-consciousness._

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