“ Sensuality often forces the growth of love too much, so that its root remains weak, and is easily torn up. ”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil (1886). copy citation
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
|---|---|
| Source | Beyond Good and Evil |
| Topic | growth love |
| Date | 1886 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Helen Zimmern |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4363/4363-h/4363-h.htm |
Context
“it is possessed by him to whom it has not yet occurred that he himself may be admired some day.
119. Our loathing of dirt may be so great as to prevent our cleaning ourselves—"justifying" ourselves.
120. Sensuality often forces the growth of love too much, so that its root remains weak, and is easily torn up.
121. It is a curious thing that God learned Greek when he wished to turn author—and that he did not learn it better.
122. To rejoice on account of praise is in many cases merely politeness of heart—and the very opposite of vanity of spirit.”
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