Are You Weak or Strong?

Nietzsche says that humans are “Value Creating Creatures”. Meaning that humans create meaningful values, however he believes that human beings are “ill”, spiritually that is. He explains the Pre-moral mode of value and the “Slave” Revolt in morality. The Pre-moral mode of value being that if you are powerful, noble, beautiful, and healthy, you are beloved by God, while the “Slave” revolt in morality is going against the Strong (Noble mode of value).

            Nietzsche also discusses the differences between the “Slavish” Mode of Valuation and the Noble Mode of Valuation. In the “Slavish Mode of Valuation evil is determined first and good is its opposite, values come from external stimuli, it is no-saying, and enemies are always seen as evil.   On the other hand, in the Noble Mode of Valuation, good is identifies first and bad is just an afterthought, values come from the inside, it is yes-saying, and enemies are seen as good.

            Now, knowing all of this, how would you describe yourself, or better question, as of now and how you have carried yourself in life, would you lean more towards the Noble or Slavish mode of valuation?. Like we discusses in class, morals were created by the enslaved or weak in order to turn their weakness into strength and the Strong’s’ strength into weakness. Do you guys think that by doing this, the weak become strong and the strong become weak? Also, would this thought of reversing things, change the two modes of valuation, not literally but make a person think twice about what his or her values are? Or would it lead people to become an Ubermensh, and getting away from this “illness”, and finally saying yes to life and accepting their life as it is. After all…being strong does not necessarily mean being physically strong but maybe also spiritually strong, and that is what an Ubermensh is, an over man.