Part II, 'On the Pitying'
Direct critique: great love overcomes forgiveness and pity.
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From Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Pity is dangerous and degrading; it preserves what should perish. The higher man must overcome pity, Zarathustra's final temptation.
Part IV, 'The Cry of Distress' and 'The Sign'
Pity for the higher man is Zarathustra's final sin and last temptation, which he overcomes.
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