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Self-sacrifice (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not unegoistic: man loves one part of himself — an idea, a desire, an offspring — more than another and sacrifices the one to the other.

Self-sacrifice (n.) needs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a supply of egoists willing to accept it — so the highest morality would have to compel the existence of immorality, and abolish itself.

Self-sacrifice (n.) only ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠seems a sacrifice: devoting yourself to a god or a man, you revel in his power and transform yourself in thought into a god — which is why you despise the sober morality that demands real sacrifice without the apotheosis.

Self-sacrifice (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a delight of its own from the first — and that delight is tied to cruelty.

Self-sacrifice (n.) for ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the species thins out the strong — anyone waiting to see how many sacrifice themselves for the species would be sorely fooled: great wars drive the strong to sacrifice themselves, while the weak have a horrible instinct to preserve each other.