Isaac- Missing Perspective

-First thoughts-"They disagree. The first one asks if rich/in charge/powerful are better than poor/obedient/weak. At the end of the first quote it states not to compare with slaves and masters but with free truth seeking men. The second one says that noble/aristocratic are better than common/plebian. It seems to me that the second does the opposite of that was intended."-Opposition-“I think they agree. They are both saying that just because the way people are labeled makes them either "good" or "bad" - equal or unequal. Both agree that "good" is associated with rich and aristocratic and "bad" is associated with poor and slaves."

I think what is not being touched here is not how people choose to label others, but themselves. I don't beleive either of them imply that the noble/aristocrat is better than the common man but try to understand why this is the common assumption. As Nieztsche points out, one of the reasons this inequality among men may have come to exist is because of the value men placed in themselves above all others. Rouseau is questioning this ego driven assumption of the "good."
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