Note 172 — Chapter XVIII · THE PLACE OF THE SELF IN THE MORAL LIFE

Some phases of the writings of Nietzsche supply relevant material for this sketch. See especially his Will for Power, Beyond Good and Evil, and such statements as: "The loss of force which suffering has already brought upon life is still further increased and multiplied by sympathy. Suffering itself becomes contagious through sympathy" (overlooking the reaction of sympathy to abolish the source of suffering and thus increase force). "Sympathy thwarts, on the whole, in general, the law of development, which is the law of selection."—Works, Vol. XI., p. 242.