Human, All Too Human, Part 60 summary
Part 60 of 152 · 1 min to read the part
In 60, the speaker compares revenge carried out to a passing fever, while frustrated revenge resembles lasting illness or poisoning of body and soul. The argument challenges both ethics that judges only motives and ordinary judgment that treats completed revenge as worse because of its possible consequences.
What happens
- The speaker compares planning and achieving revenge to a fever that passes.
- Planning revenge without enough strength or courage to achieve it resembles chronic sickness or poisoning.
- Ethics based only on motives judges the two cases equally.
- People generally judge completed revenge more harshly because of its possible consequences.
- The speaker rejects both judgments as too narrow.
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What to notice
The conclusion rejects both equal judgment based on motives and harsher judgment based on consequences. It emphasizes the distinction between passing and persistent suffering.
Quick check
What does the speaker compare revenge desired but not achieved to?
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