It is certainly not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable.
I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.
To get into just those situations where sham virtues will not suffice, but rather where, as with the ropedancer on his rope, one either falls or stands--or gets down.
The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.
Whoever reaches his ideal transcends it eo ipso.
Thus the will to power strives towards oppositions, towards displeasure. There is a will to suffering at the foundation of all organic life (contrary to "happiness" as "goal").