# The Joyous Science  ## Metadata - Author: [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] - Full Title: The Joyous Science - Category: #books ## Highlights - Nietzsche stresses the uniqueness of each individual, almost as if each of us is a species unto ourselves. Accordingly, the conditions for flourishing and self-actualization will vary widely from one person to the next. ([Location 242](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07D1FFF5W&location=242)) - Tags: [[Philosophy]] [[favorite]] [[psycology]] - and I have often wondered whether on the whole philosophy has thus far really been only an interpretation of the body, and a misunderstanding of the body. ([Location 446](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07D1FFF5W&location=446)) - Tags: [[Philosophy]] [[favorite]] - in all philosophizing so far it has not been a question of ‘truth’ at all, but of something else – namely of health, futurity, growth, power, life … ([Location 455](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07D1FFF5W&location=455)) - Only the fearsome make others afraid; Only the frightened let themselves be led. I hate still more the task of self-command! I love to play like beasts of sea and land, I love to lose myself for just a day, To sit and muse, to lead my thoughts astray, And when at length my home I yearn to see, I coax myself and then return to me. ([Location 638](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07D1FFF5W&location=638))