Why is staring into the abyss dangerous? Perhaps Nietzsche places a warning sign for those who venture to the edges of philosophical reasoning. Philosophical warning sign: "Don's stae into the abyss." Instead, we should go beyond staring and bravely leap into the boundless chasm and practice philosophical base jumping.
I agree with Nietzsche that we should indeed not be gazing into the abyss. This article explores what gazing into the abyss means. It has taken me until recently to understand what Nietzsche could have meant with this mystical statement. I cannot remember what our conclusion was on that night, but these words have haunted me ever since. Like in most of Nietzsche's books, he doesn't explain this aphorism and leaves it up to the reader to interpret its meaning.
And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee." (Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil Aphorism 146) "He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby becomes a monster. Almost a quarter of a century ago, on a long night filled with philosophy, Belgian beer and the music of Dead Can Dance, my friends and I discussed one of Friedrich Nietzsche’s famous 'gaze into the abyss' aphorism from his Beyond Good and Evil.
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