Faith and doubt
To do this he appeals both to the animal world and to human society, with its subdivisions, religion, art, morality, politics, etc. etc., and in each of these he seeks to demonstrate the activity of the prin- ciple which he held to be the essential factor of all existence. 29 3) leaves us in no doubt as to the calm determination of this work.
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“To do this he appeals both to the animal world and to human society, with its subdivisions, religion, art, morality, politics, etc. etc., and in each of these he seeks to demonstrate the activity of the prin- ciple which he held to be the essential factor of all existence.”
“29 3) leaves us in no doubt as to the calm determination of this work.”
“Evil, whether spiritual, physical, or intellectual, is, in itself, quite unable to introduce ✓ Nihilism, i.e., the absolute repudiation of worth, purpose, desirability.”
Meaning
Nihilism as an Outcome of the Valuations and Interpretations of Existence which have PACK 5 prevailed hitherto 8 2. In these cases the translation follows the German as closely as possible, and the free use even of a con- junction has in certain cases been avoided, for fear lest the meaning might be in the slightest degree modified It were well, therefore, if the reader could bear these facts in mind whenever he is struck by a certain clumsiness, either of expression or dis- position, in the course of reading this translation.
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“Nihilism as an Outcome of the Valuations and Interpretations of Existence which have PACK 5 prevailed hitherto 8 2.”
“In these cases the translation follows the German as closely as possible, and the free use even of a con- junction has in certain cases been avoided, for fear lest the meaning might be in the slightest degree modified It were well, therefore, if the reader could bear these facts in mind whenever he is struck by a certain clumsiness, either of expression or dis- position, in the course of reading this translation.”
“That this span of six years was none too long for the task he had undertaken, will be gathered from the fact that, in the great work he had planned, he actually set out to show that the life-principle, cc Will to Power," was the prime motor of all living organisms.”
Justice
The Buddhistic feature: a yearning for nonentity (Indian Buddhism has no fundamentally moral development at the back of it; that is why Nihilism in its case means only morality not overcome; existence is regarded as a punishment and conceived as an error ; error is thus held to be punishment-a moral valuation). It is disgraceful on the part of socialist-theorists to argue that circumstances and social combina- tions could be devised which would put an end .J to all vice, illness, crime, prostitution, and poverty. . . .
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“The Buddhistic feature: a yearning for nonentity (Indian Buddhism has no fundamentally moral development at the back of it; that is why Nihilism in its case means only morality not overcome; existence is regarded as a punishment and conceived as an error ; error is thus held to be punishment-a moral valuation).”
“It is disgraceful on the part of socialist-theorists to argue that circumstances and social combina- tions could be devised which would put an end .J to all vice, illness, crime, prostitution, and poverty. . . .”
“All the struggle of morals against vice, luxury, crime, and even against illness, seems a naivete, a superfluous effort : there is no such thing as "Z:mprovement" (a word against repentance).”
Love and compassion
The purpose above-mentioned might have been achieved : in the form of a " realisation " of a most high canon of morality in all worldly phenomena, the moral order of the universe ; or in the form ofthe increase of love and harmony in the traffic of humanity; or in the nearer approach to a general condition of happiness ; or even in the march to- wards general ~n~n _ tity-any sort_~f.goal always _constitutes a P!!!P.O~. Christianity, revolution, the abolition of slavery, equal rights, philanthropy, love of peace, justice, truth : all these big words are only valuable in a struggle, as banners : not as realities, but as slzow- words, for something quite different (yea, even quite opposed to what they mean !).
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“The purpose above-mentioned might have been achieved : in the form of a " realisation " of a most high canon of morality in all worldly phenomena, the moral order of the universe ; or in the form ofthe increase of love and harmony in the traffic of humanity; or in the nearer approach to a general condition of happiness ; or even in the march to- wards general ~n~n _ tity-any sort_~f.goal always _constitutes a P!!!P.O~.”
“Christianity, revolution, the abolition of slavery, equal rights, philanthropy, love of peace, justice, truth : all these big words are only valuable in a struggle, as banners : not as realities, but as slzow- words, for something quite different (yea, even quite opposed to what they mean !).”
“The kind of man is known who has fallen in love with the sentence "tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner." It is the weak and, above all, the dis- illusioned : if there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to contemn !”
Responsibility
When those who were responsible for its publication undertook the task of preparing it for the pres$, it was very little more than a vast collection of notes and rough drafts, set down by Nietzsche from time to time, as the material for his chief work; and, as any liberty taken with the original manuscript, save that of putting it in order, would probably have resulted in adding or excluding what the author would on no account have added or excluded him- self, it follows that in some few cases the paragraphs are no more than hasty memoranda of passing thoughts, which Nietzsche must have had the in- tention of elaborating at some future time. But even so, he did not give _up that ideal absolute-he circum- vented it. . ~ . (Kant seems to have needed the hypothesis of " intelligible freedom," * in order · to relieve the ens perfectum of the responsibility of having con- trived this world as it is, in short, in order to explain evil : scandalous logic for a philosopher !). * See Note on p.
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“When those who were responsible for its publication undertook the task of preparing it for the pres$, it was very little more than a vast collection of notes and rough drafts, set down by Nietzsche from time to time, as the material for his chief work; and, as any liberty taken with the original manuscript, save that of putting it in order, would probably have resulted in adding or excluding what the author would on no account have added or excluded him- self, it follows that in some few cases the paragraphs are no more than hasty memoranda of passing thoughts, which Nietzsche must have had the in- tention of elaborating at some future time.”
“But even so, he did not give _up that ideal absolute-he circum- vented it. . ~ . (Kant seems to have needed the hypothesis of " intelligible freedom," * in order · to relieve the ens perfectum of the responsibility of having con- trived this world as it is, in short, in order to explain evil : scandalous logic for a philosopher !). * See Note on p.”
“One would like to get rid of the responsibility (Fatalz'sm would be accepted).”
Suffering
Nihilism is therefore the coming into consciousness of the long waste of strength, the pain of" futility," uncertainty, the lack of an opportunity to recover in some way, or to attain to a state of peace concerning anything-shame in one's own pres- ence, as if one had cheated oneself too long. . . . Sympathy with the lowly and the suffering as a standard for the elevatt"on of the soul.
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“Nihilism is therefore the coming into consciousness of the long waste of strength, the pain of" futility," uncertainty, the lack of an opportunity to recover in some way, or to attain to a state of peace concerning anything-shame in one's own pres- ence, as if one had cheated oneself too long. . . .”
“Sympathy with the lowly and the suffering as a standard for the elevatt"on of the soul.”
“" (4) Belittlement, susceptibility to pain, unrest, haste, and confusion are steadily increasing-the materialisation of all these tendencies, which is called"civilisation,"becomes every day more simple, with the result that, in the face of the monstrous machine, the individual despairs and surrenders.”
Family
During the years that fol- lowed-that is to say, between I 883 and I 886- this plan was matured, and although we have no warrant, save his sister's own word and the internal evidence at our disposal, for classing Beyond Good and Evil (published I 8 86) among the contributions to Nietzsche's grand and final philosophical scheme, . Frau Foerster-Nietzsche tells us that the notion that cc The Will to Power " was the fundamental principle of all life, first occurred to her brother in the year I 870, at the seat of war, while he was serving as a volunteer in a German army ambul- ance.
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“During the years that fol- lowed-that is to say, between I 883 and I 886- this plan was matured, and although we have no warrant, save his sister's own word and the internal evidence at our disposal, for classing Beyond Good and Evil (published I 8 86) among the contributions to Nietzsche's grand and final philosophical scheme, .”
“Frau Foerster-Nietzsche tells us that the notion that cc The Will to Power " was the fundamental principle of all life, first occurred to her brother in the year I 870, at the seat of war, while he was serving as a volunteer in a German army ambul- ance.”
“61 68. \Vhy does everything become mummery.-The modern man is lacking in unfailing instinct (instinct being understood here to mean that which is the outcome of a long period of activity in the same occupation on the part- of one family of men); the incapability of producing anything perfect, is simply the result of this lack of instinct: one individual alone cannot make up for the schooling his ancestors should have transmitted to him.”
Freedom
When those who were responsible for its publication undertook the task of preparing it for the pres$, it was very little more than a vast collection of notes and rough drafts, set down by Nietzsche from time to time, as the material for his chief work; and, as any liberty taken with the original manuscript, save that of putting it in order, would probably have resulted in adding or excluding what the author would on no account have added or excluded him- self, it follows that in some few cases the paragraphs are no more than hasty memoranda of passing thoughts, which Nietzsche must have had the in- tention of elaborating at some future time. 9 (1) It bestowed an intrinsic value upon men, which contrasted with their apparent insignifi- cance and subordination to chance in the eternal flux of becoming and perishing. (2) It served the purpose of God's advocates, inasmuch as it granted the world a certain perfec- tion despite its sorrow and evil-it also granted the world that pr<?verbial "freedom": evil seemed full of meaning. (3) It assumed that man could have a know- ledge of absolute values, and thus granted him adequate perception for the most important things. ( 4) It prevented man from despising himself as man, from turning against life, and from being driven to despair by knowledge : it was a self- preservative measure.
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“When those who were responsible for its publication undertook the task of preparing it for the pres$, it was very little more than a vast collection of notes and rough drafts, set down by Nietzsche from time to time, as the material for his chief work; and, as any liberty taken with the original manuscript, save that of putting it in order, would probably have resulted in adding or excluding what the author would on no account have added or excluded him- self, it follows that in some few cases the paragraphs are no more than hasty memoranda of passing thoughts, which Nietzsche must have had the in- tention of elaborating at some future time.”
“9 (1) It bestowed an intrinsic value upon men, which contrasted with their apparent insignifi- cance and subordination to chance in the eternal flux of becoming and perishing. (2) It served the purpose of God's advocates, inasmuch as it granted the world a certain perfec- tion despite its sorrow and evil-it also granted the world that pr<?verbial "freedom": evil seemed full of meaning. (3) It assumed that man could have a know- ledge of absolute values, and thus granted him adequate perception for the most important things. ( 4) It prevented man from despising himself as man, from turning against life, and from being driven to despair by knowledge : it was a self- preservative measure.”
“II arbitrium and of an " intelligible freedom " *).”
