A good definition of Good…..

What is meant by good? How can we define what is good? Are their some conditions that must be satisfied to be good? Many philosophers and intellectuals have wasted their lives to tell what good is. many thinkers have written hundreds of pages about good and bad. What in actuality good is?

While reading an essay The case of Wagner by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, I came across a very wonderful definition of good. Nietzsche says,”Whatever is good, it makes me fertile. I have no other gratitude., nor do I have any other proof for what is good.”

This definition though very small, easily puts in front of us what good means. Good has many aspects, many dimensions. This definition, though it does not cover these aspects, it gives the essential truth behind good; that it makes us fertile…..


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2 responses to “A good definition of Good…..”

  1. LOKESH WALASE Avatar
    LOKESH WALASE

    @Mandar : But then the next question is : What do u mean when u say — “It makes me fertile ” ????
    I guess different people would have different ans to this question ……

    It is similar to the fact that different people have different views ( & hence BELIEFS )over “What is good or bad”…………..

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    LOKESH WALASE

    Also I didnt understand the meaning of the line : “I have no other gratitude” ??

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