In Order To Remain Silent

In Nietzsche's View Nihilism Is Not A Weltanschauung That Occurs At Some Time And Place Or Another; It Is Rather The Basic Character Of What Happens In Occidental History.

Spiritual Superiority [consists In] Deep Dedication ... In The Form Of The Most Rigorous Training, As Commitment, Resistance, Solitude, And Love.

Why Are There Beings At All Instead Of Nothing? That Is The Question. Presumably It Is Not Arbitrary Question, "why Are There Beings At All Instead Of Nothing"- This Is Obviously The First Of All Questions. Of Course It Is Not The First Question In The Chronological Sense [...] And Yet, We Are Each Touched Once, Maybe Even Every Now And Then, By The Concealed Power Of This Question, Without Properly Grasping What Is Happening To Us. In Great Despair, For Example, When All Weight Tends To Dwindle Away From Things And The Sense Of Things Grows Dark, The Question Looms.

If In Nietzsche's Thinking The Prior Tradition Of Western Thought Is Gathered And Completed In A Decisive Respect, Then The Confrontation With Nietzsche Becomes One With All Western Thought Hitherto.

Is The Earth In Our Head? Or Do We Stand On The Earth?