Nietzsche

"THE ABYSS GAZES ALSO" (Chapt. 6, Page 2, Panel 1)

This bold statement alludes to the quote "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." from Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil. Nietzsche was a famous philosopher who believed that knowledge is valuable above all else because ignorance is harmful to the self and others. Kovacs admits to becoming Rorschach after he murders Grice, which makes him realize that God does not exist and the wretchedness in the world are at the fault of mankind. Moore considered Rorschach to have Nihilistic views from that moment on, which is proven when he refuses to allow the word to be ignorant of the fact that Veidt is at fault for the lives lost at the end of Watchmen.

~"Beyond Good and Evil — Ch 2." Marxists Internet Archive. 01 Apr. 2009 .