# 73A explained — Beyond Good and Evil

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

## What happens

A single, aphoristic observation on the nature of pride as concealment, comparing a person to a peacock that hides its most splendid feature.

## Themes in this chapter

### Psychology as the Fundamental Science

Analyzes a subtle psychological motive—pride manifesting as the concealment of one's virtues or 'plumage'.

## Character check-ins

### The Narrator

Offers a psychological insight into a type of pride characterized by hidden splendor.

## Key lines

> Many a peacock hides his tail from every eye⁠—and calls it his pride.

True pride for some is not in display, but in the conscious withholding of their finest qualities from public view.

_Highlights a counter-intuitive, inward-turning form of pride and self-regard._

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