Birth Was Something That Came

Nietzsche Says That As Soon As He Had Read A Single Page Of Schopenhauer, He Knew He Would Read Every Page Of Him And Pay Heed To Every Word, Even To The Errors He Might Find. Every Intellectual Aspirant Will Be Able To Name Men Whom He Has Read In This Way.

Since Fresh Examples And Proofs Could Always Be Found Of The Alleged Relation Between Guilt And Punishment: If You Behave In Such And Such A Way, It Will Go Badly With You. Now, As It Generally Does Go Badly, The Allegation Was Constantly Confirmed; And Thus Popular Morality, A Pseudo- Science On A Level With Popular Medicine, Continually Gained Ground.

Nietzsche Inveighs Against Every Sort Of Historical Optimism; But He Energetically Repudiates The Ordinary Pessimism, Which Is The Result Of Degenerate Or Enfeebled Instincts Of Decadence. He Preaches With Youthful Enthusiasm The Triumph Of A Tragic Culture, Introduced By An Intrepid Rising Generation, In Which The Spirit Of Ancient Greece Might Be Born Again. He Rejects The Pessimism Of Schopenhauer, For He Already Abhors All Renunciation; But He Seeks A Pessimism Of Healthiness, One Derived From Strength, From Exuberant Power, And He Believes He Has Found It In The Greeks.

My First Experiences Of Academic Friendship Made Me Smile In After Years When I Looked Back On Them. But My Circle Of Acquaintances Had Gradually Grown So Large That It Was Only Natural New Friendships Should Grow Out Of It.

Under The Dominion Of The Priests Our Earth Became The Ascetic Planet; A Squalid Den Careering Through Space, Peopled By Discontented And Arrogant Creatures, Who Were Disgusted With Life, Abhorred Their Globe As A Vale Of Tears, And Who In Their Envy And Hatred Of Beauty And Joy Did Themselves As Much Harm As Possible.