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Are Ugly People Are Evil?

and evil is ugly

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Aaron C. Ernst
Aug 25, 2023
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In Nietzsche’s book, The Genealogy of Morals, he traces the origins of our concepts of morality, of good and evil. After much historical analysis and backtracing, he finds that 'good' was originally meant to convey nobility and beauty, and 'evil' was meant to convey poor and ugly.

"Good’ is no longer synonymous with ‘noble’; it seems more like the opposi…

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