Abstract
The aim of this work is to establish a clearer understanding of Nietzsche's approach to the themes of selfishness and generosity. The problem appeared in our reading of the chant The Bestowing Virtue, from Thus Spoke Zarathustra. There, Nietzsche praises a healthy and holy selfishness that has to be distinguished from another kind of selfishness, "an all-too-poor, a hungry selfishness tha…