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the fuller version of this quote is “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. If you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” https://t.co/E5oV06CECv https://t.co/dO06SlJTVT
it begins to give an inkling of what Nietzsche meant, of becoming the thing you spend time struggling against the hero that becomes seduced by the bitterness of the dragons https://t.co/KRzFzZiF6x
this interpretation is actually not what Nietzsche meant nietzsche is talking about becoming obsessed with what you might call “hellfire” (evil) and becoming evil in the process https://t.co/1Xqaq8i5rR https://t.co/wQZIwM8tWh
the hellfire is tempting, the hellfire is enraging politics is the mind-killer, and it 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 https://t.co/Qj78fvfem2
an annoyance i have with the first interpretation: https://t.co/tTli2aiElk
