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Dühring

Philosopher and critic whose anti-Semitic views are used as a foil for Nietzsche's analysis.

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Also known as Eugen Dühring

First appearance: first essay

Dühring shows up with force in Chapter 11: Justice, Law, and the Reactive Emotions. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Nietzsche directly opposes Dühring's claim that justice originates in the reactive feelings of resentment, inverting his proposition.
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In Chapter 11: Justice, Law, and the Reactive Emotions: Nietzsche directly opposes Dühring's claim that justice originates in the reactive feelings of resentment, inverting his proposition. Later, in The Danger of the…

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