He says this in response to the Church teaching that one should remove passion and desires from one’s life so that they are not tempted by them. As the quote makes obvious, Nietzsche firmly disagrees. But Nietzsche is not advocating for the indulgence of desire and passion. He thinks this “eradication”, as he puts it, of passion is only feeding into people that were too weak willed to resist this temptation to begin with and it would not be needed if they were stronger. (26, Twilight of the Idols) Another teaching Christianity attempts to teach, that Nietzsche firmly disagrees with, is peace with one another and having a good conscience. Nietzsche believes this peace people are trying to find merely weakens them and having enemies is actually good, not only for the individual but also the state and he even goes so far as to say “One has relinquished great life when one relinquishes war.”(Twilight of the Idols,
He says this in response to the Church teaching that one should remove passion and desires from one’s life so that they are not tempted by them. As the quote makes obvious, Nietzsche firmly disagrees. But Nietzsche is not advocating for the indulgence of desire and passion. He thinks this “eradication”, as he puts it, of passion is only feeding into people that were too weak willed to resist this temptation to begin with and it would not be needed if they were stronger. (26, Twilight of the Idols) Another teaching Christianity attempts to teach, that Nietzsche firmly disagrees with, is peace with one another and having a good conscience. Nietzsche believes this peace people are trying to find merely weakens them and having enemies is actually good, not only for the individual but also the state and he even goes so far as to say “One has relinquished great life when one relinquishes war.”(Twilight of the Idols,