# 74 explained — Beyond Good and Evil

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

## What happens

A brief aphorism stating that a man of genius is unbearable unless he also possesses gratitude and purity.

## Themes in this chapter

### Nobility and Order of Rank

Defines the necessary virtues (gratitude, purity) that must accompany genius to make it noble and bearable, establishing a qualitative rank.

## Character check-ins

### The Narrator

Delivers the aphoristic judgment on the character of genius.

## Key lines

> A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possess at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.

Genius alone is intolerable; it must be complemented by the virtues of thankfulness and moral cleanliness.

_A concise ethical prescription for the higher type of human._

## Links

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