civilization: its cause and cure (+ other essays)

164
This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book’s long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain from automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google’s system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attribution The Google “watermark” you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can’t offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book’s appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http://books.google.com/

Upload: closing-invectives

Post on 01-Apr-2015

182 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

DESCRIPTION

This guy is so fascinating. Writing this about 1888, when Nietzsche went mad, this excentric philosopher produced a fascinating argument about the idea that civilization was a disease to be overcome, and in humourous and poetric language, he actually delivers a killer thesis that, excentricites apart, seems well worth taking seriously.

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)

This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a projectto make the world’s books discoverable online.

It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subjectto copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain booksare our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficult to discover.

Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book’s long journey from thepublisher to a library and finally to you.

Usage guidelines

Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to thepublic and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps toprevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying.

We also ask that you:

+ Make non-commercial use of the filesWe designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files forpersonal, non-commercial purposes.

+ Refrain from automated queryingDo not send automated queries of any sort to Google’s system: If you are conducting research on machinetranslation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage theuse of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help.

+ Maintain attributionThe Google “watermark” you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them findadditional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it.

+ Keep it legalWhatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that justbecause we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in othercountries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can’t offer guidance on whether any specific use ofany specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book’s appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manneranywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe.

About Google Book Search

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readersdiscover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the webathttp://books.google.com/

1

Page 2: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 3: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 4: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 5: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 6: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 7: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 8: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 9: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 10: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 11: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 12: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 13: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 14: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 15: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 16: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 17: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 18: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 19: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 20: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 21: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 22: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 23: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 24: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 25: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 26: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 27: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 28: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 29: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 30: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 31: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 32: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 33: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 34: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 35: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 36: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 37: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 38: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 39: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 40: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 41: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 42: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 43: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 44: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 45: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 46: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 47: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 48: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 49: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 50: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 51: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 52: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 53: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 54: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 55: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 56: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 57: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 58: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 59: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 60: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 61: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 62: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 63: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 64: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 65: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 66: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 67: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 68: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 69: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 70: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 71: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 72: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 73: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 74: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 75: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 76: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 77: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 78: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 79: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 80: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 81: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 82: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 83: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 84: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 85: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 86: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 87: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 88: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 89: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 90: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 91: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 92: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 93: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 94: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 95: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 96: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 97: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 98: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 99: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 100: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 101: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 102: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 103: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 104: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 105: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 106: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 107: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 108: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 109: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 110: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 111: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 112: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 113: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 114: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 115: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 116: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 117: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 118: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 119: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 120: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 121: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 122: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 123: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 124: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 125: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 126: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 127: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 128: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 129: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 130: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 131: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 132: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 133: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 134: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 135: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 136: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 137: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 138: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 139: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 140: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 141: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 142: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 143: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 144: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 145: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 146: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 147: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 148: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 149: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 150: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 151: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 152: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 153: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 154: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 155: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 156: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 157: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 158: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 159: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 160: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 161: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 162: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 163: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)
Page 164: Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (+ other essays)