Hey all, I’ve been reading this forum for awhile now and just decided to finally make an account.
Anyways, I’ve been reading Descarte’s Discourse, and stumbled upon the passage:
“Their mastery over their thoughts was so absolute that they had reason to count themselves richer, more powerful, freer and happier than other men who, because they lack this philosophy, never achieve such mastery over all their desires, however favoured by nature and fortune they may be”.
This coming during this provisional maxims while he is rebuilding his own from the ground out. Now, my question is, would this thinking be in line with Nietszhe? The entire third maxim seemed to be very similar to something that he would write, and so I wouldn’t mind some further insight.
Thanks. 