Definitions HQ

Evolution (n.) aims ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠simply at evolution and nothing else, certainly not happiness.

Evolution (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not make happiness its goal... it aims simply at evolution and nothing else.

Evolution (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in a process whereby the weaker in fact always dominates the strong because the weak, being the great majority, require more mind, and thus possess more, making them cleverer, while the strong have abandoned mind altogether as they no longer need it.

Evolution (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reversed — Species do not evolve toward perfection, but quite the contrary. The weak, in fact, always prevail over the strong, not only because they are in the majority, but also because they are the more crafty.

Evolution (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not, in fact, a process in favor of the strong, the privileged, the fortunate exceptions; for the strong never wins. Rather, the weak prevail over the strong again and again, for they are the great majority -- and they are also more intelligent.

Evolution (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠rarely only a ‘struggle for existence’. Life, in its total appearance, is not starvation, but rather riches, profusion, even absurd squandering -- and where there is struggle, it is a struggle for power.

Evolution (n.) its ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠gradualness is cherished as a moral law by the slow, who demand slowness in others and are angry at one who moves fast and they cannot see how.

Evolution (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not have happiness in view, but evolution and nothing else: every stage has its own incomparable happiness, neither higher nor lower.