Nietzsche's Genealogy Of Morals

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“We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge – and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves – how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves?” (Nietzsche, 1989:15). Expound on the importance of this phrase and link it with the main argument of the essay.
In his book Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche presents three inquiries into morality, in a more “sober and single-minded” manner than the British and American philosophers (Kaufmann, 1989:3). In his analysis, Nietzsche addresses moralities that originated from two distinct groups: ruling classes, and the oppressed.
Through the transvaluation of all the values, Nietzsche attempts to “show among other things, how moral valuations, phenomena, and ideals that are usually not