le d/sordre organise":
organised
disorder.
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ceterum censeo: however, I am of the opinion.
Referring to the words with which Cato
the Censor (238-149 B. C. ) ended his
speeches in his later years, ceterum
censeo Carthaginem esse delendam:
however, I am of the opinion that Car-
thage must be destroyed.
p. 20. deus ex machina; see on I. , p. 100.
p. 29. a posteriori: lit "from the later": in logic, ap-
plied to arguments based on experience.
p. 31. fiat veritas, pereat vita: let truth be done,
though life be destroyed.
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THOUGHTS OUT OF SEASON
p. 44. corpora: bodies.
vilia: vile.
p. 56. historiens de M. Thiers: M. Thiers' band of
historians.
p. 59. theologus, etc. : vulgar liberal theologian.
p. 60. memento mori: reminder of death.
p. 73. iraetstudium: anger and prejudice.
sine ira etstudio: withoutanger or prejudice.
advocatus diaboli: devil's advocate. See note
on advocatus dei, XI I. , p. 48.
natura naturans: creative nature.
p. 78. excausis efficientibus: from efficient causes.
ex causa finali: from a final cause.
p. 83. a posteriori; see above, on p. 29.
anirna magncB prodigus: lavish of his noble
soul. From Horace's Odes, in reference
to Aemilius Paullus, who at the battle of
Cannae refused an offer of escape from
Hannibal.
p. 93. ceterna Veritas; see on II. , p. 128.
p. 94. cogito ergo sum: I think, therefore I am.
vivo ergocogito: I live, therefore I think.
esse: being.
vivere: living.
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VI. Human, all-too-Human, Vol. i.
p. 3. acedia: carelessness.
p. 6. mater sceva cupidinum: savage mother of the
desires. Applied to Venus by Horace
(Odes, IV. I, 5).
p. 12. otium: leisure.
Ositacuisses,philosophusmansisses: O, if only
you had held your tongue—you would
have remained a philosopher.
p. 14. aterna Veritas; see on V, 93.
p. 24. causa: cause.
p. 36. monumentum are perennius: a monument
more enduring than brass (Horace).
p. 55. Sentences, etc. : moral maxims and sentences.
ce que, etc. : what the world calls virtue is
generally nothing butaphantom created
by our passions and endowed with an
honourable name, in order that we may
do what we wish with impunity.
p. 60. esse; see on V. , p. 94.
operari: operating.
p. 70. pudendum: thing to be ashamed of.
sachez aussi, etc. : know also that nothing is
more common than wrongdoing for the
pleasure of doing wrong.
p. 75. individuum: individual, undivided thing.
dividuum: divided thing.
^
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p. 91. moralité larmoyante: tearful morality.
p. 92. unusquisque, etc. : every man has so much
right as he has power to enforce it.
quantum potentia valere creditur: as he is
believed to have power to enforce it.
p. 100. ūdutov (aduton): sanctuary.
p. 114. sensu allegorico: in an allegorical sense.
p. 116. consensus sapientium: thecommon opinion of
philosophers.
consensus gentium : the common opinion of
the nations.
p. 129. daimonion ; see on I. , p. 103.
p. 135. si on croit, etc. : if we think that we love our
mistress for her sake, we are much mis-
taken.
P. 140. spernere se sperni: to despise one's being
despised.
p. 155. epigoni: after-born (=weak imitators).
p. 165. miraculum: miracle.
p. 174. in majorem artis gloriam: to the greater glory
of art.
p. 175. corriger la fortune: to improve upon one's
fortune by swindling.
p. 181. feuilleton: newspaper serial story or des-
criptive article.
p. 195. cis, des: c sharp and d flat.
p. 199. Divina Commedia: Divine Comedy. The
title of Dante's great epic.
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VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
p. 212. pudendum; see above, on p. 70.
p. 215. esprit fort: powerful mind.
p. 229. nous ne, etc. : we are not descended from
monkeys, but we are going in that
direction.
p. 230. ah, mon, etc. : ah, my dear Sulzer, you are
not sufficiently acquainted with that
accursed race to which we belong.
p. 251. pensum: school exercise.
p. 261. censor vitce: censor of life.
p. 316. ceterum censeo, see on V. , p. 3.
p. 316. quand la populace, etc. : when the masses
begin to discuss, all is lost.
p. 321. patria: one's native land.
p. 327. in summa: in sum.
p. 328.
le d/sordre organise": organised disorder.
p. 334. Jcrasez /'infante: crush the scoundrel!
p. 345. polis: city, city-state.
p. 375. punctum saliens; see on III. , p. 162.
umana commedia: human comedy. A sort
of coalescence of Dante's " Divina Com-
media" and Balzac's "Comddie Hu-
maine. "
p. 379. casus belli: cause of war.
p. 384. a posteriori; see on V. , p. 29.
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p. 389. bellum, etc. ; see on II. , p. 12.
p. 398. credo, etc. ; see on II. , p. 65.
VII. Human, all-too-Human, Vol. ii.
p. 1. ego ipsissimus: this peculiar Latin superla-
tive may be rendered " I at my selfest. "
"Ipsissimum" is neuter, and means lit.
"the selfest thing. "
p. 14. croyez-moi, etc. : believe me, my friend, error
also has its merits.
p. 20. historia in nuce: history in a nutshell.
p. 21. plaudite, amici; see on II. , p. i11.
p. 24. pereat, etc. : let the world be destroyed, so
long as I am saved.
p. 35. beatus tlle quiprocul' negotiis: happy he who
far from business (and freed from money-
lending, ploughs his ancestral fields
with his own oxe. n). Horace, Epodes.
p. 52. oremus nos, Deus laboret: let us pray and let
God work. Nietzsche's humorous adap-
tation of the monastic laborare etorare
"to work and to pray. "
p. 60. double entendre: word or phrase with double
meaning.
p. 64. pulchrum, etc. : beauty is within reach only
of the few.
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VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
p. 83. sibi scribere: to write for oneself.
p. 94. voxpopuli: the voice of the people.
p. 116. numen: godhead.
p. 129. meum, tuum: mine and thine.
p. 143. piafraus: pious fraud.
p. 157. Emente: riot.
p. 161. gaudeamus igitur: therefore let us rejoice.
The opening of a famous German
students' song.
p. 184 aminori ad mains, a parte ad totum: from
the less to the greater, from the part
to the whole.
p. 193. vanitas vanitatum homo: vanity of vanities
is man.
p. 202. jus talionis: the law of compensation on the
principle of an eye for an eye.
p. 203. ignorantia legis: ignorance of law.
p. 211. aquum: equity.
p. 219. in major em gloriam: to the greater glory.
p. 222. le bon Dieu: the good God.
p. 229. Moira: Destiny.
p. 270. arriire-pense'e: after thought.
p. 295. Natura, etc. : Nature does not take jumps.
p. 297. Use majeste': outrage on majesty.
p. 302. Dialogues des Morts: Dialogues of the Dead.
'-
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ESSAYS ON WAGNER
p. 315. polis: see on VI. , p. 345.
p. 325. nos ennemis naturels: our natural enemies.
p. 328. sacrifizio dell' intelletto: sacrifice of the in-
tellect. A Jesuit phrase.
p. 343. quousque tandem; see on VIII. , p. 51.
p. 352. niladmirari; see on II. , p. 67.
VIII. Essays on Wagner, etc.
p. 3. limpidezza: clearness.
p. 5. L'amour, etc. : Love is of all sentiments the
most egotistic, and consequently, when
it is wounded, the least generous.
p. 9. la philosophic, etc. : philosophy is not enough
for the mass of mankind; they need
holiness.
p. 11. bene, etc. : I made a good voyage when I have
been shipwrecked.
p. 13. Wagner est un ne"vrose: Wagner is a neurotic.
p. 14. par excellence : the very type of, down to the
ground.
p. 15. Pulchrum est paucorum hominum; see on
VII. , p. 64.
p. 17. Sursum: upwards!
Bumbum: a nonsense German exclamation
to mock high-sounding language.
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VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
p. 18. sit venia verbo: may the word be excused.
p. 23. histrio: actor.
p. 24. ancilla dramaturgica: handmaid to drama.
p. 25.
Referring to the words with which Cato
the Censor (238-149 B. C. ) ended his
speeches in his later years, ceterum
censeo Carthaginem esse delendam:
however, I am of the opinion that Car-
thage must be destroyed.
p. 20. deus ex machina; see on I. , p. 100.
p. 29. a posteriori: lit "from the later": in logic, ap-
plied to arguments based on experience.
p. 31. fiat veritas, pereat vita: let truth be done,
though life be destroyed.
370
## p. 371 (#483) ############################################
THOUGHTS OUT OF SEASON
p. 44. corpora: bodies.
vilia: vile.
p. 56. historiens de M. Thiers: M. Thiers' band of
historians.
p. 59. theologus, etc. : vulgar liberal theologian.
p. 60. memento mori: reminder of death.
p. 73. iraetstudium: anger and prejudice.
sine ira etstudio: withoutanger or prejudice.
advocatus diaboli: devil's advocate. See note
on advocatus dei, XI I. , p. 48.
natura naturans: creative nature.
p. 78. excausis efficientibus: from efficient causes.
ex causa finali: from a final cause.
p. 83. a posteriori; see above, on p. 29.
anirna magncB prodigus: lavish of his noble
soul. From Horace's Odes, in reference
to Aemilius Paullus, who at the battle of
Cannae refused an offer of escape from
Hannibal.
p. 93. ceterna Veritas; see on II. , p. 128.
p. 94. cogito ergo sum: I think, therefore I am.
vivo ergocogito: I live, therefore I think.
esse: being.
vivere: living.
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VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
VI. Human, all-too-Human, Vol. i.
p. 3. acedia: carelessness.
p. 6. mater sceva cupidinum: savage mother of the
desires. Applied to Venus by Horace
(Odes, IV. I, 5).
p. 12. otium: leisure.
Ositacuisses,philosophusmansisses: O, if only
you had held your tongue—you would
have remained a philosopher.
p. 14. aterna Veritas; see on V, 93.
p. 24. causa: cause.
p. 36. monumentum are perennius: a monument
more enduring than brass (Horace).
p. 55. Sentences, etc. : moral maxims and sentences.
ce que, etc. : what the world calls virtue is
generally nothing butaphantom created
by our passions and endowed with an
honourable name, in order that we may
do what we wish with impunity.
p. 60. esse; see on V. , p. 94.
operari: operating.
p. 70. pudendum: thing to be ashamed of.
sachez aussi, etc. : know also that nothing is
more common than wrongdoing for the
pleasure of doing wrong.
p. 75. individuum: individual, undivided thing.
dividuum: divided thing.
^
372
## p. 373 (#485) ############################################
HUMAN, ALL-TOO-HUMAN
p. 91. moralité larmoyante: tearful morality.
p. 92. unusquisque, etc. : every man has so much
right as he has power to enforce it.
quantum potentia valere creditur: as he is
believed to have power to enforce it.
p. 100. ūdutov (aduton): sanctuary.
p. 114. sensu allegorico: in an allegorical sense.
p. 116. consensus sapientium: thecommon opinion of
philosophers.
consensus gentium : the common opinion of
the nations.
p. 129. daimonion ; see on I. , p. 103.
p. 135. si on croit, etc. : if we think that we love our
mistress for her sake, we are much mis-
taken.
P. 140. spernere se sperni: to despise one's being
despised.
p. 155. epigoni: after-born (=weak imitators).
p. 165. miraculum: miracle.
p. 174. in majorem artis gloriam: to the greater glory
of art.
p. 175. corriger la fortune: to improve upon one's
fortune by swindling.
p. 181. feuilleton: newspaper serial story or des-
criptive article.
p. 195. cis, des: c sharp and d flat.
p. 199. Divina Commedia: Divine Comedy. The
title of Dante's great epic.
373
## p. 374 (#486) ############################################
VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
p. 212. pudendum; see above, on p. 70.
p. 215. esprit fort: powerful mind.
p. 229. nous ne, etc. : we are not descended from
monkeys, but we are going in that
direction.
p. 230. ah, mon, etc. : ah, my dear Sulzer, you are
not sufficiently acquainted with that
accursed race to which we belong.
p. 251. pensum: school exercise.
p. 261. censor vitce: censor of life.
p. 316. ceterum censeo, see on V. , p. 3.
p. 316. quand la populace, etc. : when the masses
begin to discuss, all is lost.
p. 321. patria: one's native land.
p. 327. in summa: in sum.
p. 328.
le d/sordre organise": organised disorder.
p. 334. Jcrasez /'infante: crush the scoundrel!
p. 345. polis: city, city-state.
p. 375. punctum saliens; see on III. , p. 162.
umana commedia: human comedy. A sort
of coalescence of Dante's " Divina Com-
media" and Balzac's "Comddie Hu-
maine. "
p. 379. casus belli: cause of war.
p. 384. a posteriori; see on V. , p. 29.
374
## p. 375 (#487) ############################################
HUMAN, ALL-TOO-HUMAN
p. 389. bellum, etc. ; see on II. , p. 12.
p. 398. credo, etc. ; see on II. , p. 65.
VII. Human, all-too-Human, Vol. ii.
p. 1. ego ipsissimus: this peculiar Latin superla-
tive may be rendered " I at my selfest. "
"Ipsissimum" is neuter, and means lit.
"the selfest thing. "
p. 14. croyez-moi, etc. : believe me, my friend, error
also has its merits.
p. 20. historia in nuce: history in a nutshell.
p. 21. plaudite, amici; see on II. , p. i11.
p. 24. pereat, etc. : let the world be destroyed, so
long as I am saved.
p. 35. beatus tlle quiprocul' negotiis: happy he who
far from business (and freed from money-
lending, ploughs his ancestral fields
with his own oxe. n). Horace, Epodes.
p. 52. oremus nos, Deus laboret: let us pray and let
God work. Nietzsche's humorous adap-
tation of the monastic laborare etorare
"to work and to pray. "
p. 60. double entendre: word or phrase with double
meaning.
p. 64. pulchrum, etc. : beauty is within reach only
of the few.
375
## p. 376 (#488) ############################################
VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
p. 83. sibi scribere: to write for oneself.
p. 94. voxpopuli: the voice of the people.
p. 116. numen: godhead.
p. 129. meum, tuum: mine and thine.
p. 143. piafraus: pious fraud.
p. 157. Emente: riot.
p. 161. gaudeamus igitur: therefore let us rejoice.
The opening of a famous German
students' song.
p. 184 aminori ad mains, a parte ad totum: from
the less to the greater, from the part
to the whole.
p. 193. vanitas vanitatum homo: vanity of vanities
is man.
p. 202. jus talionis: the law of compensation on the
principle of an eye for an eye.
p. 203. ignorantia legis: ignorance of law.
p. 211. aquum: equity.
p. 219. in major em gloriam: to the greater glory.
p. 222. le bon Dieu: the good God.
p. 229. Moira: Destiny.
p. 270. arriire-pense'e: after thought.
p. 295. Natura, etc. : Nature does not take jumps.
p. 297. Use majeste': outrage on majesty.
p. 302. Dialogues des Morts: Dialogues of the Dead.
'-
376
## p. 377 (#489) ############################################
ESSAYS ON WAGNER
p. 315. polis: see on VI. , p. 345.
p. 325. nos ennemis naturels: our natural enemies.
p. 328. sacrifizio dell' intelletto: sacrifice of the in-
tellect. A Jesuit phrase.
p. 343. quousque tandem; see on VIII. , p. 51.
p. 352. niladmirari; see on II. , p. 67.
VIII. Essays on Wagner, etc.
p. 3. limpidezza: clearness.
p. 5. L'amour, etc. : Love is of all sentiments the
most egotistic, and consequently, when
it is wounded, the least generous.
p. 9. la philosophic, etc. : philosophy is not enough
for the mass of mankind; they need
holiness.
p. 11. bene, etc. : I made a good voyage when I have
been shipwrecked.
p. 13. Wagner est un ne"vrose: Wagner is a neurotic.
p. 14. par excellence : the very type of, down to the
ground.
p. 15. Pulchrum est paucorum hominum; see on
VII. , p. 64.
p. 17. Sursum: upwards!
Bumbum: a nonsense German exclamation
to mock high-sounding language.
377
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VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
p. 18. sit venia verbo: may the word be excused.
p. 23. histrio: actor.
p. 24. ancilla dramaturgica: handmaid to drama.
p. 25.
