: a
cheerful
brute is better
than a tedious sentimentalist.
than a tedious sentimentalist.
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defaire, etc.
: in doing harm for the pleasure
of doing it.
P- 73- sympathiamalevolens: malevolent sympathy.
p. 74. les nostalgies de la croix: home-sickness for
the Cross.
tour deforce; see on XII. , p. 141.
p. 81. Elend: misery (originally " exile").
p. 82. va victis: woe to the vanquished!
p. 83. compositio: compounding (for crimes).
p. 84. causa fiendi: immediate cause (lit. cause of
happening).
p. 89. toto calo: altogether.
p. 90. progressus: progress.
p. 91. misarchism: hatred of ruling.
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p. 93. per analogiam: by analogy.
p. 95. instrumentum: instrument.
morsus conscientice: sting of conscience.
gaudium: joy.
p. 109. causa prima: primary cause.
p. 121. morbidezza; morbidity.
novissima glories cupido: latest desire for
glory.
p. 129. in majorem musicce gloriam: to the greater
glory of music.
p. 131. une promesse de bonheur: a promise of hap-
piness.
le dhinteressement: disinterestedness.
p. 134. instrumentum diaboli: devil's instrument.
remedium: remedy.
p. 135. la betephilosophe: the philosophic beast.
optimum: best.
p. 136. pereat mundus, etc. : let the world perish, but
philosophy be made, let the philosopher
be made, let me be made!
p. 143. nitimur in vetitum: weBtrive towards the for-
bidden.
p. 144. je combats, etc. : I fight against a universal
spider's web.
p. 145. jus primes noctis: right of the first night. In
some cases (especially in France) the
feudal lord is said to have had a claim
upon his vassal's bride on the first
night of the latter's marriage. This
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right is, however, probably legendary,
or at any rate it was never exercised.
vetitum: forbidden thing.
p. 151. crux, nux, lux: Cross, night, light.
p. 153. exhypothesi: fundamentally.
p. 158. homines bona voluntatis: men of good will.
p. 167. entre nous: between ourselves.
p. 169. prima facie: on the face of it.
p. 170. il faut s'abitir: we must make ourselves
stupid.
p. 171. hesychasts: quietists.
p. 173. unto mystica; see XIII. , p. 28.
p. 174. incuria sui: carelessness of oneself.
p. 176. ccenacula: clubs.
despectus sui: self-contempt.
p. 180. causa fortior: stronger cause.
p. 186. evviva la morte! long live Death!
quceritur: the question is asked.
p. 187. magno, etc. : next but at a great interval.
From Virgil.
in artibus et litteris: arts and letters.
p. 190. non plus ultra: unsurpassable.
p. 191. despectio sui: looking down on oneself.
p. 195. par excellence; see on VIII. , p. 14.
secretum: secret.
Minotauros: a mythical monster, half man,
half bull.
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p. 196. factum brutum: raw fact.
petit fait; little event.
ce petit faitalisme: untranslateable; the
normal form would be ce petit fatal-
isme," this little fatalism," but Nietzsche
substitutes faitalisme, from fait, "fact. "
p. 202. rtiabitude, etc. : the custom of admiring the
unintelligible instead of simply remain-
ing in the unknown.
p. 203. elegantia syllogismi: elegance of syllogism.
p. 204. species anarchistica: the anarchistic species.
X«. afjJ bhovTuv. gap in the teeth.
p. 206. paralysis agitans: agitating paralysis.
stimulantia: stimulants.
la religion de la souffrance: the religion of
suffering.
p. 209. patere legem quern ipse tulisti: suffer the law
which you yourself have passed.
p. 210. faute de mieux: for want of a better.
p. 217. piafraus; see on VII. , p. 143.
p. 218. laisser-aller; see on III. , p. 55.
XIV. The Will to Power, Vol. i.
p. 63. prestissimo: very quick (musical term).
p. 68. tout comprendre, etc. : to understand all is to
forgive all.
p. 69. un monstreetun chaos: amonsterandachaos.
F art pour V art; see on XII. , p. 145.
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p. 73. un monstre, etc.
: a cheerful brute is better
than a tedious sentimentalist.
p. 76. ruere in servitium: to rush into slavery.
From Tacitus.
p. 77. nouveau riche: newly rich.
p. 81. propre, exact et libre: appropriate, clear-cut
and free.
p. 83. umanità: humanity.
honnetes gens: respectable folk.
la bonne compagnie: good society.
vetitum: forbidden thing.
le seigneur de Ferney: the lord of Ferney, i. e.
Voltaire. The "citizen of Geneva" is
Rousseau.
p. 84. un bel esprit: a wit.
pour la, etc. : for the rabble, a rewarding and
avenging God.
F/wnnetete': respectability.
hommes de lettres: men of letters.
Pinsouciance: nonchalance.
p. 85. vide: see.
p. 86. à la Rousseau: in Rousseau's manner.
p. 87. Campagna romana: the Roman Campagna,
i. e. the country round Rome.
il fallait, etc. : Romulus must have been
drunk when he thought of building a
city on so ugly a site.
parce que, etc. : because no nation has bor-
rowed less fromantiquity. becauseSpain
has undergone no classical influence.
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p. 88. Combien, etc. : How many leagues would I
not travel on foot and how many days
in prison would I not endure for the sake
of hearing"Don Juan,or the Secret Mar-
riage"? And I know nothing else for
which I should make so great an effort.
p. 89. le te"ne"breux: the mysterious one.
p. 90. Credo quia absurdus est: I believe him be-
cause he is absurd.
p. 96. reine Thor: pure fool.
p. 97. niaiserie: stupidity.
p. 98. haute volte: upper ten (lit. high flight).
p. 100. laisser-aller; see on III. , p. 55.
p. 103. demonstratio ad absurdum: proof by reduc-
tion to absurdity.
marasmus femininus: feminine decadence.
p. 199. sub specie boni: under the form of the good.
p. 206. infimarum, etc. ; see on VIII. , p. 154.
p. 229. inter pares: among equals.
p. 231. juste milieu: the just mean.
p. 238. arriere-pense'e; see on VII. , p. 270.
causa prima: first cause.
p. 249. pur, etc. : pure, unmixed, crude, fresh, in all
its vigour, in all its bitterness.
p. 250. esse; see on V. , p. 94.
operari; see on VI. , p. 60.
sub specie boni; see above, on p. 199.
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p. 258. vetitum: forbidden thing.
p. 260. deus myops: a short-sighted God.
p. 263. cum grano salis : with a pinch of salt.
p. 264. desiderata : things to be desired.
P. 266. sensorium: sense-system.
inventarium: inventory.
p. 282. primum mobile: first motive.
p. 301. inter pares: among equals.
p. 308. in rebus moralibus : in matters of morals.
p. 312. homo natura: man as nature.
p. 313. factum brutum: a raw fact.
p. 328. contradictio in adjecto; see on XII. , p. 23.
p. 342. Pensées: Thoughts.
p. 343. déniaiser la vertu: to make virtue less stupid.
p. 344. yvã do CE AUTÓv (gnothi seauton): know thy-
self. The motto inscribed in letters of
gold on the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
p. 345. sophist; see on I. , p. 102,
polis; see on VI. , P. 345.
deus autochthonus: god native to the soil.
force majeure: superior force.
p. 352. inter pares; see above, on p. 301.
p. 353. esprit frondeur: skirmishing (lit. slinging)
spirit. The Fronde (ca. 1650) was the
party of the Parisian Parlement opposed
to Mazarin during the minority of Louis
XIV.
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p. 354. de rigueur: compulsory.
p. 358. roturier: plebeian.
ádió popa (adiaphora): indifferentism. One
* of the main characteristics of the Stoics.
p. 359. non plus ultra: unsurpassable.
XV. THE WILL TO POWER, VOL. II.
p. 29. a priori ; see on I. , p. 123.
p. 31. principium contradictionis : principle of con-
tradiction.
p.
of doing it.
P- 73- sympathiamalevolens: malevolent sympathy.
p. 74. les nostalgies de la croix: home-sickness for
the Cross.
tour deforce; see on XII. , p. 141.
p. 81. Elend: misery (originally " exile").
p. 82. va victis: woe to the vanquished!
p. 83. compositio: compounding (for crimes).
p. 84. causa fiendi: immediate cause (lit. cause of
happening).
p. 89. toto calo: altogether.
p. 90. progressus: progress.
p. 91. misarchism: hatred of ruling.
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p. 93. per analogiam: by analogy.
p. 95. instrumentum: instrument.
morsus conscientice: sting of conscience.
gaudium: joy.
p. 109. causa prima: primary cause.
p. 121. morbidezza; morbidity.
novissima glories cupido: latest desire for
glory.
p. 129. in majorem musicce gloriam: to the greater
glory of music.
p. 131. une promesse de bonheur: a promise of hap-
piness.
le dhinteressement: disinterestedness.
p. 134. instrumentum diaboli: devil's instrument.
remedium: remedy.
p. 135. la betephilosophe: the philosophic beast.
optimum: best.
p. 136. pereat mundus, etc. : let the world perish, but
philosophy be made, let the philosopher
be made, let me be made!
p. 143. nitimur in vetitum: weBtrive towards the for-
bidden.
p. 144. je combats, etc. : I fight against a universal
spider's web.
p. 145. jus primes noctis: right of the first night. In
some cases (especially in France) the
feudal lord is said to have had a claim
upon his vassal's bride on the first
night of the latter's marriage. This
399
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VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
right is, however, probably legendary,
or at any rate it was never exercised.
vetitum: forbidden thing.
p. 151. crux, nux, lux: Cross, night, light.
p. 153. exhypothesi: fundamentally.
p. 158. homines bona voluntatis: men of good will.
p. 167. entre nous: between ourselves.
p. 169. prima facie: on the face of it.
p. 170. il faut s'abitir: we must make ourselves
stupid.
p. 171. hesychasts: quietists.
p. 173. unto mystica; see XIII. , p. 28.
p. 174. incuria sui: carelessness of oneself.
p. 176. ccenacula: clubs.
despectus sui: self-contempt.
p. 180. causa fortior: stronger cause.
p. 186. evviva la morte! long live Death!
quceritur: the question is asked.
p. 187. magno, etc. : next but at a great interval.
From Virgil.
in artibus et litteris: arts and letters.
p. 190. non plus ultra: unsurpassable.
p. 191. despectio sui: looking down on oneself.
p. 195. par excellence; see on VIII. , p. 14.
secretum: secret.
Minotauros: a mythical monster, half man,
half bull.
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p. 196. factum brutum: raw fact.
petit fait; little event.
ce petit faitalisme: untranslateable; the
normal form would be ce petit fatal-
isme," this little fatalism," but Nietzsche
substitutes faitalisme, from fait, "fact. "
p. 202. rtiabitude, etc. : the custom of admiring the
unintelligible instead of simply remain-
ing in the unknown.
p. 203. elegantia syllogismi: elegance of syllogism.
p. 204. species anarchistica: the anarchistic species.
X«. afjJ bhovTuv. gap in the teeth.
p. 206. paralysis agitans: agitating paralysis.
stimulantia: stimulants.
la religion de la souffrance: the religion of
suffering.
p. 209. patere legem quern ipse tulisti: suffer the law
which you yourself have passed.
p. 210. faute de mieux: for want of a better.
p. 217. piafraus; see on VII. , p. 143.
p. 218. laisser-aller; see on III. , p. 55.
XIV. The Will to Power, Vol. i.
p. 63. prestissimo: very quick (musical term).
p. 68. tout comprendre, etc. : to understand all is to
forgive all.
p. 69. un monstreetun chaos: amonsterandachaos.
F art pour V art; see on XII. , p. 145.
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VOCABULARY OF FOREIGN PHRASES
p. 73. un monstre, etc.
: a cheerful brute is better
than a tedious sentimentalist.
p. 76. ruere in servitium: to rush into slavery.
From Tacitus.
p. 77. nouveau riche: newly rich.
p. 81. propre, exact et libre: appropriate, clear-cut
and free.
p. 83. umanità: humanity.
honnetes gens: respectable folk.
la bonne compagnie: good society.
vetitum: forbidden thing.
le seigneur de Ferney: the lord of Ferney, i. e.
Voltaire. The "citizen of Geneva" is
Rousseau.
p. 84. un bel esprit: a wit.
pour la, etc. : for the rabble, a rewarding and
avenging God.
F/wnnetete': respectability.
hommes de lettres: men of letters.
Pinsouciance: nonchalance.
p. 85. vide: see.
p. 86. à la Rousseau: in Rousseau's manner.
p. 87. Campagna romana: the Roman Campagna,
i. e. the country round Rome.
il fallait, etc. : Romulus must have been
drunk when he thought of building a
city on so ugly a site.
parce que, etc. : because no nation has bor-
rowed less fromantiquity. becauseSpain
has undergone no classical influence.
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p. 88. Combien, etc. : How many leagues would I
not travel on foot and how many days
in prison would I not endure for the sake
of hearing"Don Juan,or the Secret Mar-
riage"? And I know nothing else for
which I should make so great an effort.
p. 89. le te"ne"breux: the mysterious one.
p. 90. Credo quia absurdus est: I believe him be-
cause he is absurd.
p. 96. reine Thor: pure fool.
p. 97. niaiserie: stupidity.
p. 98. haute volte: upper ten (lit. high flight).
p. 100. laisser-aller; see on III. , p. 55.
p. 103. demonstratio ad absurdum: proof by reduc-
tion to absurdity.
marasmus femininus: feminine decadence.
p. 199. sub specie boni: under the form of the good.
p. 206. infimarum, etc. ; see on VIII. , p. 154.
p. 229. inter pares: among equals.
p. 231. juste milieu: the just mean.
p. 238. arriere-pense'e; see on VII. , p. 270.
causa prima: first cause.
p. 249. pur, etc. : pure, unmixed, crude, fresh, in all
its vigour, in all its bitterness.
p. 250. esse; see on V. , p. 94.
operari; see on VI. , p. 60.
sub specie boni; see above, on p. 199.
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p. 258. vetitum: forbidden thing.
p. 260. deus myops: a short-sighted God.
p. 263. cum grano salis : with a pinch of salt.
p. 264. desiderata : things to be desired.
P. 266. sensorium: sense-system.
inventarium: inventory.
p. 282. primum mobile: first motive.
p. 301. inter pares: among equals.
p. 308. in rebus moralibus : in matters of morals.
p. 312. homo natura: man as nature.
p. 313. factum brutum: a raw fact.
p. 328. contradictio in adjecto; see on XII. , p. 23.
p. 342. Pensées: Thoughts.
p. 343. déniaiser la vertu: to make virtue less stupid.
p. 344. yvã do CE AUTÓv (gnothi seauton): know thy-
self. The motto inscribed in letters of
gold on the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
p. 345. sophist; see on I. , p. 102,
polis; see on VI. , P. 345.
deus autochthonus: god native to the soil.
force majeure: superior force.
p. 352. inter pares; see above, on p. 301.
p. 353. esprit frondeur: skirmishing (lit. slinging)
spirit. The Fronde (ca. 1650) was the
party of the Parisian Parlement opposed
to Mazarin during the minority of Louis
XIV.
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p. 354. de rigueur: compulsory.
p. 358. roturier: plebeian.
ádió popa (adiaphora): indifferentism. One
* of the main characteristics of the Stoics.
p. 359. non plus ultra: unsurpassable.
XV. THE WILL TO POWER, VOL. II.
p. 29. a priori ; see on I. , p. 123.
p. 31. principium contradictionis : principle of con-
tradiction.
p.
