Friedrich Nietzsche enjoys no honour of always being considered right. Of course, not in a world that cannot accommodate his muse, often dismissed as too hubristic. Again, he cannot be wholly accepted in a world that largely believes it cannot be safely anchored on the laissez-faire morality of the German thinker.
However, Nietzsche would resonate with many in some areas. Consider his view that people rediscover themselves after years, perhaps decades, of political immiseration. As he aptly puts it, “On a political sickbed a people is usually rejuvenated and rediscovers its spirit, after having gradually lost it in seeking and preserving power. Culture owes its peaks to politically weak ages.”
Yemi Osinbajo
Nietzsche might not have had Nigeria in mind at that moment of seizure…
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