“...man has become more natural in the nineteenth century ...We are courser, more direct, full of irony against generous feelings even when we succumb to them ...more natural is our attitude to the search for knowledge ...more natural is our attitude towards morality ...more natural is our position in politicis ..we do not believe in any right that is not supported by the power of enforcement ...more natural is our estimation of great human beings ...more natural is our attitude towards nature; we no longer love it on account of its 'innocence' ...more natural is our attitude towards art; brutal positivism reigns, recognizing facts without becoming excited.
In summa, there are signs that the European of the nineteenth century is less ashamed of his instincts;.. his immorality without becoming embittered -- on the contrary, strong enough to endure only this sight.”
NOT ENDORSED; ellipted; italics in original; trans. Walter Kaufmann and R.J. Hollingdale; edited by Kaufmann
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