# Dr. Paul Rée — The Genealogy of Morals character guide

> Dr. Paul Rée in The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dr. Rée, Paul the tentmaker

**First appearance:** 0010-the-genealogy-of-morals

## Who they are

Philosopher and friend of Nietzsche, whose work on morality is debated in the preface.

## In the story

### [Chapter 4](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_genealogy_of_morals_se/chapters/4)

Author of 'The Origin of the Moral Emotions' (1877), whose perverse and vicious moral philosophy first prompted Nietzsche to publish his own hypotheses on the origin of morality.

### [Chapter 7](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_genealogy_of_morals_se/chapters/7)

Nietzsche mentions Dr. Rée as a colleague he hoped would adopt a truer historical method, but criticizes his reliance on Darwinian theories and English moral philosophy.

### [The Genealogy of Morals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_genealogy_of_morals_se/chapters/the-genealogy-of-morals)

Mentioned as a contemporary whose work on the origin of moral sensations Nietzsche critiques.

### [First Essay: 'Good and Evil,' 'Good and Bad'](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_genealogy_of_morals_se/chapters/first-essay)

Mentioned as a contemporary whose work on the origin of moral sensations Nietzsche critiques.

### [First Essay, Chapter 1](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_genealogy_of_morals_se/chapters/1)

Implied as one of the English psychologists; Nietzsche's critique targets their approach to the origin of morality.

### [2](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_genealogy_of_morals_se/chapters/2)

Implicitly referenced as part of the English psychologists criticized for their unhistorical approach.

### [Rome Against Judaea: The Thousand-Year Fight of Moral Values](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_genealogy_of_morals_se/chapters/16)

Referenced as 'Paul the tentmaker,' one of the three Jews who triumphed over Rome.

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