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11657036 No.11657036 [Reply] [Original]

>Because of a quirk in my own nature, to which I confess reluctantly, for it concerns itself with morality, with everything which up to the present has been celebrated on earth as morality, a quirk which came into my life early, so uninvited, so irresistibly, in such contradiction to my surroundings, my age, the examples around me, and my origin, that I almost have the right to call it my “a priori”—because of this, my curiosity and my suspicions soon enough had to pause at the question about where our good and evil really originated.
What did he mean by this?

>> No.11657100

>>11657036
>my curiosity and my suspicions soon enough had to pause at the question about where our good and evil really originated.

>> No.11657143

Is that from Ecce Homo? It's been a while since I've read it.

>> No.11657186

>>11657036
Raw sexual sadism.

>> No.11657200

he has always questioned the foundations of morality

>> No.11657496

>>11657036
Basically confessing he was born a genius, and hence cannot see morality in a traditional way as other people can.

>> No.11657516

>>11657186
It's funny you say this, because the OP quote resonates with me and I had a sadistic sexuality before I was even going to school.