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An Evaluation (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in essence, not a value, but a way of being, a particular mode of existence of those who judge and evaluate, serving as a principle for the values on the basis of which they judge.

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An Evaluation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a value but, in essence, a way of being, serving as the principle for the values on the basis of which they judge.

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Evaluation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠always made from a perspective; because we forget this, each of us contains a vast confusion of contradictory valuations and drives — man's diseased condition, unlike the animals.

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Evaluation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠usually adopted out of fear — we pretend it is our own, grow used to the pretence, and at length it becomes our nature. An original evaluation is excessively rare.

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Evaluation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠life itself: to live one must evaluate, and even when we say no we go on doing what we are.

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