28 Recognizing this point, it is worth stressing here that the fact that Nietzsche speaks of the constraint of style in terms of submitting to the demands of one’s own taste or law does not mean that the relevant constraints are not objective in the sense of being independent of the person concerned. Consider that a commitment to the value of friendship may be an expression of one’s taste, but, if this is the case, then the constraints to which one is subject on account of one’s taste are those norms and necessities that govern the practice of friendship. Similarly, a commitment to the value of scientific activity entails that the constraints to which one is subject are those norms and necessities that govern the practice of scientific activity. Hence it follows that one can only give style to one’s character by submitting to the norms and necessities that govern the relationships, practices, ideals, etc. to which one is committed