vis contemplativa:
contemplative
power.
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p. 164. refugium: refuge.
p. 173. error veritate simplicior: error more straight-
forward than truth.
p. 175. Jwmo pamphagus: omnivorous man.
p. 179. credat Judceus Apella: let the Jew Apella
believe it. By this phrase in his Satires
Horace means "let a credulous person
believe this: I don't. " It seems strange,
perhaps, that the Jew should ever have
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been taken as a type of credulity: but
this was probably due to his being
credited by the Romans with numerous
inexplicable superstitions.
p. 193. esprit: wit.
p. 211. spernere se sperni; see on VI. , p. 140.
p. 215. bestia triumphans: triumphant beast. Per-
haps an allusion to Giordano Bruno's
book Spaccio della bestia trionfante.
p. 220. nil admirari; see on II. , p. 67.
p. 221. admirari estphilosophari: to wonder (or ad-
mire) is to be a philosopher.
p. 223. in summa: in sum.
p. 258. chi non ha non e: he who has not is not.
p. 263. profanum vulgus; see on II. , p. 156.
in maiorem deigloriam: to the greater glory
of God.
p. 267. facta: facts.
ficta: invented.
p. 303. remediunt amoris: remedy for love. "Re-
media Amoris" is the title of a well-
known poem of Ovid.
p. 304. credo quia absurdum est: I believe it because
it is absurd.
credo quia absurdus sum: I believe it because
I am absurd.
p. 311. embellir la nature: to improve upon nature,
p. 318. vita practica: practical life.
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p. 328. hic Rhodus hic salta: here is Rhodes, here
leap.
p. 335. ubi pater sum, ibi patria: where I am a
father (to an idea), there is my father-
land. The Latin proverb quoted in the
note means "where I am happy, there
is my fatherland. "
p. 353. bon ton: good form.
p. 357. gloria mundi: glory of the world.
X. The Joyful Wisdom
p. 3. incipit tragoedia: here begins the tragedy.
incipit parcedia: here begins the parody.
p. 21. et hoc genus omne: and all that breed.
primum scribere, deinde philosophari: first to
write, then to philosophise.
p. 46. andante: slow (musical term).
p. 49. raison d'etre: reason for existing.
p. 61. I'ordre du jour pour le roi: the order of the
day for the king.
p. 73. historia abscondita: hidden history.
p. 75. plaudite, etc. : applaud, my friends, the com-
edy is over.
qualis artifex pereo: what an artist is being
lost to the world in me!
qualis spectator pereo: what a spectator is be-
ing lost to the world in me!
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p. 77. hoc est ridiculum, hoc est absurdum: this is
ridiculous, this is absurd.
physis: nature, constitution.
p. 101. pudendum; see on VI. , p. 70.
p. 104. in eroticis: in matters of love.
p. 115. esprit: wit.
est magna res tacere: it is an important matter
to hold one's tongue.
p. 116. imperium Romanum: Roman Empire.
p. 118. ferocia animi: ferocity (or boldness) of soul.
melos: melody, song, lyric poem.
p. 125. Vita nuova: The New Life. Dante's auto-
biography.
p. 128. regime: rule, system.
p. 129. Ah! mon ami, etc. : Ah! my friend, I am
leaving this world, where the heart must
either break or steel itself.
p. 134. principium individuationis; see on I. , p. 25.
p. 139. in usumDelphinorum: for the use of the Dau-
phins. Expurgated editions of the clas-
sics were made for the use of the French
royal princes.
p. 140. bourgeois: middle-class.
noblesse: nobility.
esprit; see above, on p. 115.
tUgance: elegance.
p. 165. amour-plaisir: love based on pleasure.
amour-vanite: love based on vanity.
p. 169. requiemeternamDeo: eternal rest in theLord.
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p. 174. crimen /cesce majestatis divina: crime of out-
raging the Divine majesty.
p. 185. homopozta: man as poet.
p. 186. denouement: unravelling of the plot.
mentiri: to lie.
p. 191. les souverains rangent auxparvenus: mon-
archs rank with parvenus.
p. 196. hie niger est: this man is black.
p. 207. sit venia verbo; see on VIII. , p. 18.
p. 213. sum, etc. : I am, therefore I reflect: I reflect,
therefore I am.
amor fati: love of (one's) destiny.
p. 217. vita contemplativa; see on IX. , p. 48.
vita religiosa: religious life.
p. 235.
vis contemplativa: contemplative power.
vis creativa: creative power.
p. 238. placitum: thing determined.
p. 250. in media vita: in the midst of life
p. 254. esprit; see above on p. 115.
otium: leisure.
p. 255. helium; see on II. , p. 12.
p. 256. quando, etc. : since even in the case of the wise,
the desire for glory is the last thing where-
of they divest themselves.
p. 257. non ridere, etc. : not to laugh, not to mourn,
nor to hate, but to understand.
intelligere: to understand.
p. 271. incipit tragcedia; see on p. 3.
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p. 273. carcasse, etc. : You tremble, my carcase? you
would tremble far more if you knew
whither I am taking you.
p. 281. consensus; agreement.
P. 286. naturalisme: naturalism.
la vérite vraie: true truth.
p. 289. déraisonnable: addle-pated.
p. 290. homines religiosi: religious men.
p. 294. disciplina voluntatis : disciplining of the will.
p. 295. vis inertiæ: deadweight.
p. 303. Græculus histrio: paltry Greek actor.
p. 306. causaliter: causally.
p. 310. elegantia psychologica: psychological ele-
gance.
sub specie speciei: under the form of a form.
p. 327. in litteris et artibus : in literature and art.
p. 334. terminus: term.
p. 335. proprium: peculiar property.
ipsissimum: very own (lit. selfest).
p. 336. praxis: practice.
amor intellectualis dei: intellectual love of
God.
deus: god.
in summa: in sum.
p. 349. diu noctuque incubando: by brooding night
and day over it.
p. 365. rimus remedium: rhyme as a remedy.
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XII. Beyond Good and Evil.
p. 7. deomnibus dubitandum: everything must be
doubted.
p. 8. niaiserie: stupidity.
p. 9. a priori; see on I. , p. 123.
p. 10. Tartuffery: hypocrisy. From Tartuffe, the
hypocritical hero of Moliere's celebrated
comedy.
p. 12. mise en scene: stage setting.
p. 13. adventavit, etc. : the ass, beautiful and most
strong, has come.
Stoa: the Porch. A collective term for the
Stoic school of philosophers.
p. 14. causa prima: first cause.
p. 16. a priori; see on I. , p. 123.
p. 17. niaiserie allemande: German stupidity.
p. 18. quia, etc. : because there is in it a soporific
virtue {virtus dormitivd), the property
of which is to numb the senses (sensus
assoupire). Assoupire is a comically
Latinised French word, invented by
the sham doctor in Moliere's Midecin
malgre" lui.
p. 19. atomon: atom, indivisible thing.
p. 22. reductio ad absurdum: reduction to absurd-
ity. Appliedto Euclid's method of prov-
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ingaproposition by showing the absurd-
ity of all assumptions but the true one.
causa sui: uncaused cause.
p. 23. contradictioinadjecto: contradiction interms.
p. 28. F effete est moi: the effect is myself.
p. 31. la religion de la souffrance humaine: the re-
ligion of human suffering.
p. 32. ni dieu ni mattre: neither god nor master.
p. 34. sacrifizio dell' intelletto; see on VII. , p. 25.
p. 35. 0 sancta simplicitas: O holy simplicity!
p. 41. tempo: time (primarily applied to music).
presto: quick (musical term).
nuances: shades.
in moribus et artibus: in morals and art.
p. 42. allegrissimo: very lively (musical term).
petit fait: trifling fact.
p. 43. minotaur: a mythical Greek monster, half
man, half bull.
p. 45. nuance: see above, on p. 41.
p. 48. advocatus dei: God's advocate. The oppo-
nent, in mediaeval plays, of the " Devil's
advocate. "
p. 49. naivete": artlessness.
\ p. 50. valeurs: values.
p. 51. il necherche levrai que pour f aire lebien: he
only looks for truth so as to do good.
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p. 54. pour itre, etc. : to be a good philosopher one
must bedry. clearand free from illusions.
A banker who has made a fortune has
part of thecharacter requisite for making
philosophical discoveries, that is to say,
for seeing clearly into things as they are.
p. 64. homines religiosi; see on X.
