Aug. 7 at 4:17 AM
$NIO The idea of resentment as a force that doesn't seek to elevate itself, but rather to debase what it perceives as superior or happy. Nietzsche saw danger in those who cannot affirm their own lives and therefore need to deny the lives of others.
Some characters from Greek mythology that we could compare to this parasite...
Tantalus. He was condemned to eternal punishment where food and drink are always within his reach, but he can never enjoy them. It's a brutal image of someone trapped in permanent lack.
Philoctetes. Abandoned by the Greeks due to an unbearable wound, he remains isolated for years, filled with pain and resentment. His suffering makes him hostile toward those who abandoned him.
Mephistopheles. He doesn't act out of sadness, but out of a kind of emptiness and negation: he wants to demonstrate that all human ideals are false, that they all end up falling. His pleasure lies in corrupting.
But, well, strictly speaking, in this case, he's nothing more than a poor wretch.
