ABSTRACT
This liberating transformation does not occur by means of the sort of moral discipline in which passion is simply eliminated, nor does it happen by an exercise of will power in which passion is controlled and its expression in one’s behavior is suppressed. According to Nietzsche, it occurs by means of a certain process, distinct from all these, in which the passions are transformed into virtues:
Once you suffered passions [hattest du Leidenschaften] and called them evil. But now you have only your virtues left: they grew out of your
passions. You planted your highest goal in the heart of these passions: then they became your virtues and passion you enjoyed [Freudenschaften].
