[Nietzsche] attributes to himself an extremely vivid and sensitive instinct of cleanliness. At the first contact the filth lying at the base of another's nature is revealed to him. The unclean are therefore ill at ease hi his presence Georg Brandes More Quotes by Georg Brandes More Quotes From Georg Brandes But what of the voice and judgment of conscience? The difficulty is that we have a conscience behind our conscience, an intellectual one behind the moral. ... We can see quite well that our opinions of what is noble and good, our moral valuations, are powerful levers where action is concerned; but we must begin by refining these opinions and independently creating for ourselves new tables of values. Georg Brandes creating voice powerful Dostoevsky preaches the morality of the pariah, the morality of the slave. Georg Brandes pariahs slave morality But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both. Georg Brandes madness overcoming doubt A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion. Georg Brandes compassion humanity lying Birth was something that came quite unexpectedly, and afterwards there was one child more in the house. Georg Brandes birth house children The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster. Georg Brandes headmasters persons attention Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior. Georg Brandes taken real brother School is a foretaste of life. Georg Brandes school-life school Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods. Georg Brandes picnics delight summer Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me. Georg Brandes enriching mind feelings He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish. Georg Brandes danish jokes doe 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. Georg Brandes smile circles years I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer. Georg Brandes ardent dancer But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty. Georg Brandes glimpse strong years I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry. Georg Brandes months two world 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. Georg Brandes optimism greek believe Those [Christians] had left to love on earth were then: brothers and sisters in hatred, whom they called then: brothers and sisters in love. Georg Brandes hatred brother christian What has here happened is that the instinct of cruelty, which has turned inwards, has become self-torture, and all man's animal instincts have been reinterpreted as guilt towards God. Every Nay man utters to his nature, to his real being, he flings out as a Yea, an affirmation of reality applied to God's sanctity Georg Brandes real animal men 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. Georg Brandes envy space hatred The loathing of mankind is a force that surprises and overwhelms one, fed by hundreds of springs concealed his subconsciousness. One only detects its presence after having long entertained it unawares. Georg Brandes loathing spring long
