POLI 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Ressentiment, Lightning, Hell
12 Apr 2016
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The act of promise is paradoxical to the way nature designed humans. Must be forcibly taught to human beings. Must be conditioned for a long time. Men are made truly predictable this way. Predictability is the precondition for the extraordinary privilege of responsibility (37) Lamb might ask for eagle to take responsibility for its actions. It asks for eagle to keep its promises. Rare freedom and power over himself and his destiny. When man decided he had to make a memory for himself, it never happened without blood, torments, and sacriices . Pain is the most powerful aid to mnemonics. Debt is not for the advantage of the creditors, but a pleasure in cruelty extended to him, which ofers a small taste of mastery even to the non- master. Compensation is made up of a warrant for and entitlement to cruelty. Did not hurt in the past as much as it does now.
