The Genealogy of Morals · Chapter
Chapter 9 explained
A freethinker and democrat responds to Nietzsche's discourse, arguing that the triumph of slave morality through the Jews has been a historical success, and that the Church now serves as a crude obstacle to this progress rather than its poi
What happens
A freethinker and democrat responds to Nietzsche's discourse, arguing that the triumph of slave morality through the Jews has been a historical success, and that the Church now serves as a crude obstacle to this progress rather than its poison. Nietzsche remains silent on the matter.
Themes in this chapter
Master Morality vs. Slave Morality
The freethinker acknowledges the triumph of slave morality through the Jews and the vulgarization of humanity.
Ressentiment and the Revaluation of Values
The Jewish slave revolt in morality is presented as the successful revaluation that overthrew master morality.
Characters to notice
Key passages
“The ‘masters’ have been done away with; the morality of the vulgar man has triumphed.”
The ruling class has been overthrown, and common people's values now dominate.
The freethinker asserts the victory of slave morality.
“The Church certainly is a crude and boorish institution, that is repugnant to an intelligence with any pretence at delicacy, to a really modern taste.”
The Church is a vulgar and clumsy organization that offends refined modern sensibilities.
Critique of the Church as an obstacle to the progress of vulgarization.