Nietzsche's Aphorisms Wrong

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher from the mid to late 1800’s. He was also a poet, in which his style of writing included subjects of morality, atheism, and consciousness. He was drawn to writing pieces of aphorism, which simply just expresses general truth. He was known for his critique of the truth and reasoning, and he especially was quick to critique morals. After his death, his sister, Elisabeth, took over with writing and editing his manuscripts, making them to fit her own ideas in which became contradicted. (Wikipedia – Friedrich Nietzsche, 2016) While reading the article, I was drawn to quite a few of Nietzsche’s aphorisms. One of the aphorisms that I was instantly drawn to was aphorism number three hundred and sixty. The title of this
This particular aphorism stuck out to me while reading the article because it is reflective of my life. Aphorism number three hundred and sixty is, “When good friends praise a talented man’s nature, he often appears pleased about it out of politeness and good will, but in truth it is a matter of indifference to him. His real nature is quite sluggish about it, and cannot be dragged one step out of the sun or shade in which it lies; but men want to give joy by praising, and we would sadden them if we did not take pleasure in their praise.” (Nietzsche, 1878, 11) People love to be praised by actions that they accomplish. I, unfortunately, am guilty of this idea. Being the baby of the family, my family often praised every action that I did because all of my other cousins and my brother were much older and on their own. After a while, their praise became so constant and expected that every time I went to do an action, I would wait for their approval. This reminds me of Julian Rotter’s understanding of behavior. When Nietzsche says, “…and we would sadden them if we did not take pleasure in their praise” (1878, 11), I thought about Rotter’s outcome expectancy as well as the