... So far everything that has given color to existence still lacks a history; or, where could one find a history of love, of avarice, of envy, of conscience, of piety, or of cruelty ? Even a comparative history of law, or merely of punishment is completely lacking so far. Has anyone yet conducted research into the different ways of dividing the day and the consequence of a regular arrangement of work, holiday and rest? Does anyone know the moral effects of food? Is there a philosophy of nourishment? Have the experiences of living together been assembled; for example the experiences int he monasteries? Has the dialectic of marriage and friendship been presented as yet? .....
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For one thing is needful: that a human being attain his statisfaction with himself- whether it be by this or by that poetry and art; only then is a human being at all tolearable to behold. Whoever is dissatisfied with himself is always ready to revenge himself therefore; we others will be his victims, if only by always having to stand his ugly sight. For the sight of the ugly makes men bad and gloomy.
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