What overlooked was the hair-raising possibility that God might out-Luther Luther. A special area in hell might be reserved for those who go to mass. Or God might punish those whose faith is prompted...
The Golden Rule is intolerable; if millions did to others whatever they wished others to do to them, few would be safe from molestation. The Golden Rule shows anything but moral genius, and the claim...
One need not believe in Pallas Athena, the virgin goddess, to be overwhelmed by the Parthenon. Similarly, a man who rejects all dogmas, all theologies and all religious formulations of beliefs may sti...
But a solitary suffers terribly from any suspicion concerning the few people he loves—especially
The self is essentially intangible and must be understood in terms of possibilities, dread, and decisions. When I behold my possibilities, I experience that dread which is the dizziness of freedom, an...
To an even moderately sophisticated and well-read person it should come as no surprise that any religion at all has its hidden as well as its obvious beauties and is capable of profound and impressive...
The good must be clearly good but not wholly clear. If it is wholly clear it is too easy to reject.
Those who loved with all their heart and mind and might have always thought of death, and those who knew the endless nights of harrowing concern for others have longed for it. The life I want is a lif...
Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.
Power through the lie—in the knowledge that one does not possess it physically, militarily—the lie as a supplement to power, a new concept of truth.
When Nietzsche’s fame had begun to spread rapidly, she climbed on the bandwagon. She acquired the sole rights to all his writings, including even the letters that he had sent to others. She sued those...
The problem of evil is unanswerable if one believes that there is only one god and that he is omnipotent as well as infinitely good, merciful, and just. But as soon as one denies one or more of these...
Nietzsche says: Nicht nur fort sollst du dich pflanzen sondern hinauf—you should propagate yourself not only onward but upward: procreation need not be a senseless continuation of an essentially meani...
Man stands alone in the universe, responsible for his condition, likely to remain in a lowly state, but free to reach above the stars.
Gözönünde tutulacak ilk nokta, varoluşçuluğun herhangi bir özel politik programı gerektirmediği, üç önemli varolşçunun Hitler yıllarında birbirinden apayrı yollar tutmalarının hiç de şaşırtıcı olmadğı...
He would be permitted to say to the moment Abide, you are so fair! And to share Goethe’s faith - for it was no mere confidence in fame but a cosmic faith: The traces of my earthly days/No aeons can im...
One can oppose the shallow optimism of so many Western thinkers and yet refuse to negate life.
In truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross.—A 39.
Not all deceptions are palatable. Untruths are too easy to come by, too quickly exploded, too cheap and ephemeral to give lasting comfort. Mundus vult decipi, but there is a hierarchy of deceptions.Ne...
The Germans think that strength must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty; then they submit with fervor and admiration: they are suddenly rid of their pitiful weakness and their sensitivity for every...