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This is how decadence manifests itself: the
instinct of solidarity is so degenerate that solidarity
itself gets to be regarded as tyranny: no authority
or solidarity is brooked, nobody any longer

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Word:

tyrannical

Question:

Why does the instinct of solidarity become degenerate in decadence, and how does this lead to regarding solidarity as tyranny?

Answer (optional):

The instinct of solidarity becomes degenerate in decadence because it leads to regarding solidarity itself as tyranny, as no authority or solidarity is brooked. This happens because the instinct of solidarity is so weak in decadence that people desire to fall in with the rank and file and adopt its ignobly slow pace. In such a situation, the slow movement which is the tempo of science is generally hated, and the scientific man's long breath and impersonal attitude are also resented. Morality is hostile to science because science considers certain things important which have no relation to "good" and "evil," and which therefore reduce the gravity of our feelings concerning "good" and "evil." Socrates was also hostile to science for similar reasons.