# Aphorism 160 explained — Beyond Good and Evil

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

## What happens

A brief aphorism reflecting on the psychological effect of sharing knowledge, suggesting that communication can diminish the personal value or passion one holds for that knowledge.

## Themes in this chapter

### Psychology as the Fundamental Science

The aphorism is a psychological insight into the inner life of the knower, examining how an act (communication) alters one's affective relationship to one's own thoughts.

## Character check-ins

### The Narrator

Offers a psychological observation on the intimate relationship between a thinker and their knowledge, implying a loss that follows communication.

## Key lines

> One no longer loves one’s knowledge sufficiently after one has communicated it.

Sharing what you know can lessen your own passion for it.

_Highlights a potential cost of communication for the intellectual, framing knowledge as something best kept in a state of personal, passionate possession._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/160
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