# 96 explained — Beyond Good and Evil

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

## What happens

A brief, aphoristic chapter advocating for a noble and grateful departure from life, modeled on Ulysses's parting from Nausicaa—blessing life rather than being enslaved by love for it.

## Themes in this chapter

### Nobility and Order of Rank

The ideal of a noble, self-possessed departure from life, characterized by blessing and mastery over one's attachments, rather than weak, clinging love.

## Character check-ins

### Ulysses

Presented as the model for how one should part from life, as he parted from Nausicaa with blessing, not clinging love.

### The Narrator

Delivers the aphoristic imperative on the proper attitude towards life and departure from it.

## Key lines

> One should part from life as Ulysses parted from Nausicaa⁠—blessing it rather than in love with it.

The proper way to leave life is with a gesture of gratitude and benediction, not with desperate, possessive love.

_Encapsulates an ideal of strength and nobility in facing life's end._

## Links

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