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The ascetic, Nietzsche claims, does not seek transcendence or enlightenment, but rather wills his own annihilation. This self-denial, he contends, is driven by the same underlying psychology of resentment and the will to power that fuels slave morality.
The Triumph of Slave Morality
Nietzsche sees the triumph of Christian and egalitarian values as a tragic development, as he believes it has stifled the production of great individuals and the flourishing of human excellence. He argues that the ideals of equality, compassion, and altruism are incompatible with the cultivation of exceptional, "higher" human beings.