Nor are we only con-
cerned with the great names : the author aims at catching the spirit
of the people, and the thoughts and feelings of soldier, artisan,
trader, and their womenfolk find ample voice in his pages.
cerned with the great names : the author aims at catching the spirit
of the people, and the thoughts and feelings of soldier, artisan,
trader, and their womenfolk find ample voice in his pages.
Nietzsche - v12 - Beyond Good and Evil
-Have yon safe home ye sought!
9.
Ye go! Thou didst endure enough, oh, heart ;-
Strong was thy hope;
Unto new friends thy portals widely ope,
Let old ones be. Bid memory depart!
Wast thou young then, now-better young thou art !
IO.
What linked us once together, one hope's tie-
(Who now doth con
Those lines, now fading, Love
once wrote
thereon ? )
Is like a parchment, which the hand is shy
To touch-like crackling leaves, all seared, all dry.
II.
Oh! Friends no more! They are—what name
for those ?
Friends' phantom-flight
Knocking at my heart's window-pane at night,
Gazing on me, that speaks "We were" and goes,
Oh, withered words, once fragrant as the rose !
"
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268
BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL.
12.
Pinings of youth that might not understand!
For which I pined,
Which I deemed changed with me, kin of my kind :
But they grew old, and thus were doomed and
banned :
None but new kith are native of my land!
13.
Midday of life! My second youth's delight!
My summer's park!
Unrestful joy to long, to lurk, to hark !
I peer for friends ! -am ready day and night,
For my new friends. Come! Come ! The time
is right!
14.
This song is done,--the sweet sad cry of rue
Sang out its end ;
A wizard wrought it, he the timely friend,
The midday-friend, -no, do not ask me who;
At midday 't was, when one became as two.
15.
We keep our Feast of Feasts, sure of our bourne,
Our aims self-same:
The Guest of Guests, friend Zarathustra, came!
The world now laughs, the grisly veil was torn,
And Light and Dark were one that wedding-morn.
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THE RENAISSANCE
By COUNT ARTHUR DE GOBINEAU
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These five historical dramas cover the flowering-time of the Italian
Renaissance from the rise to prominence of Savonarola (1492) to the
last days of Michaelangelo (about 1560). While grouped round the
leading figures who provide the titles-Savonarola, Cesare Borgia,
Julius 11. , Leo x. , and Michaelangelo—the plays introduce almost
every interesting character of the period.
Nor are we only con-
cerned with the great names : the author aims at catching the spirit
of the people, and the thoughts and feelings of soldier, artisan,
trader, and their womenfolk find ample voice in his pages.
The Italian Renaissance is an epoch of peculiar interest to English
readers, not least because of its profound influence on our own
Elizabethan age. It is perhaps the most many-sided period in
history: even fifth-century Greece scarcely contributed so much-
or at any rate so much that has survived—to the world of politics,
art, and thought. Now while this interest is amply reflected in
contemporary literature, from the monumental work of Symonds
down to the flotsam and jetsam of everyday fiction, there is one kind
of man who more than an historian would show insight into this
age, and that is a poet.
It is as a poet's work that Gobineau's "Historical Scenes” recom-
mend themselves to the public. But there are many kinds of poets :
there is the religious and moral kind, there is the irreligious and
submoral kind, and there is the super-religious and super-moral
kind. Only the last-named can understand, can feel, can sympathise
with such mighty figures as Cesare Borgia and Julius 11. -the
religious poet being inclined to paint them as monsters, the sub-
religious as freaks and neurotics. Similia similibus : equals can
only be recognised by their equals, and Gobineau was himself a type
of the Renaissance flung by destiny into an age of low bourgeois and
socialist ideals. In a century swayed by romanticism and democracy,
Gobineau was a classic and an aristocrat. He is a forerunner of
Nietzsche (“the only European spirit I should care to converse with,”
said Nietzsche of him in a letter), and as such is peculiarly fitted
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moral law. For this reason Gobineau cannot fail to attract the large
and ever-growing circle of students of Nietzsche in this country and
America.
Although Gobineau, especially in his masterly touches of irony,
is a thorough Frenchman, he has not attracted in his own country,
even since his death in 1881, the attention he deserves. This is
mainly due to his anti-republican and anti-patriotic bias. In Ger-
many, on the other hand, his work has created great stir : of “La
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lations, and acting versions have been and still are produced with
We may hope that England-of late years not behind hand
in welcoming continental authors—will to some extent follow the
example of her Teutonic sister-nation. At any rate, the work of
Gobineau does not lack a distinguished English sponsor-one who
was no less a discerning critic than a great creative artist. George
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1906, : “I return the book of the Comte de Gobineau. I have not
for long read anything so good. The Renaissance in its chief ruler
and the ideas and character of the time is made alive. So much
has the writer impressed me that I sent for ‘Histoire des Perses,' an
exposé of his political notions. ”
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9.
Ye go! Thou didst endure enough, oh, heart ;-
Strong was thy hope;
Unto new friends thy portals widely ope,
Let old ones be. Bid memory depart!
Wast thou young then, now-better young thou art !
IO.
What linked us once together, one hope's tie-
(Who now doth con
Those lines, now fading, Love
once wrote
thereon ? )
Is like a parchment, which the hand is shy
To touch-like crackling leaves, all seared, all dry.
II.
Oh! Friends no more! They are—what name
for those ?
Friends' phantom-flight
Knocking at my heart's window-pane at night,
Gazing on me, that speaks "We were" and goes,
Oh, withered words, once fragrant as the rose !
"
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268
BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL.
12.
Pinings of youth that might not understand!
For which I pined,
Which I deemed changed with me, kin of my kind :
But they grew old, and thus were doomed and
banned :
None but new kith are native of my land!
13.
Midday of life! My second youth's delight!
My summer's park!
Unrestful joy to long, to lurk, to hark !
I peer for friends ! -am ready day and night,
For my new friends. Come! Come ! The time
is right!
14.
This song is done,--the sweet sad cry of rue
Sang out its end ;
A wizard wrought it, he the timely friend,
The midday-friend, -no, do not ask me who;
At midday 't was, when one became as two.
15.
We keep our Feast of Feasts, sure of our bourne,
Our aims self-same:
The Guest of Guests, friend Zarathustra, came!
The world now laughs, the grisly veil was torn,
And Light and Dark were one that wedding-morn.
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By COUNT ARTHUR DE GOBINEAU
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75. ба.
(HEINEMANN)
(In the Press)
These five historical dramas cover the flowering-time of the Italian
Renaissance from the rise to prominence of Savonarola (1492) to the
last days of Michaelangelo (about 1560). While grouped round the
leading figures who provide the titles-Savonarola, Cesare Borgia,
Julius 11. , Leo x. , and Michaelangelo—the plays introduce almost
every interesting character of the period.
Nor are we only con-
cerned with the great names : the author aims at catching the spirit
of the people, and the thoughts and feelings of soldier, artisan,
trader, and their womenfolk find ample voice in his pages.
The Italian Renaissance is an epoch of peculiar interest to English
readers, not least because of its profound influence on our own
Elizabethan age. It is perhaps the most many-sided period in
history: even fifth-century Greece scarcely contributed so much-
or at any rate so much that has survived—to the world of politics,
art, and thought. Now while this interest is amply reflected in
contemporary literature, from the monumental work of Symonds
down to the flotsam and jetsam of everyday fiction, there is one kind
of man who more than an historian would show insight into this
age, and that is a poet.
It is as a poet's work that Gobineau's "Historical Scenes” recom-
mend themselves to the public. But there are many kinds of poets :
there is the religious and moral kind, there is the irreligious and
submoral kind, and there is the super-religious and super-moral
kind. Only the last-named can understand, can feel, can sympathise
with such mighty figures as Cesare Borgia and Julius 11. -the
religious poet being inclined to paint them as monsters, the sub-
religious as freaks and neurotics. Similia similibus : equals can
only be recognised by their equals, and Gobineau was himself a type
of the Renaissance flung by destiny into an age of low bourgeois and
socialist ideals. In a century swayed by romanticism and democracy,
Gobineau was a classic and an aristocrat. He is a forerunner of
Nietzsche (“the only European spirit I should care to converse with,”
said Nietzsche of him in a letter), and as such is peculiarly fitted
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to deal with one of the few periods that was not dominated by the
moral law. For this reason Gobineau cannot fail to attract the large
and ever-growing circle of students of Nietzsche in this country and
America.
Although Gobineau, especially in his masterly touches of irony,
is a thorough Frenchman, he has not attracted in his own country,
even since his death in 1881, the attention he deserves. This is
mainly due to his anti-republican and anti-patriotic bias. In Ger-
many, on the other hand, his work has created great stir : of “La
Renaissance” alone there are no fewer than four different trans-
lations, and acting versions have been and still are produced with
We may hope that England-of late years not behind hand
in welcoming continental authors—will to some extent follow the
example of her Teutonic sister-nation. At any rate, the work of
Gobineau does not lack a distinguished English sponsor-one who
was no less a discerning critic than a great creative artist. George
Meredith writes (in a letter to Mrs. J. G. Butcher, Feb. 27th,
1906, : “I return the book of the Comte de Gobineau. I have not
for long read anything so good. The Renaissance in its chief ruler
and the ideas and character of the time is made alive. So much
has the writer impressed me that I sent for ‘Histoire des Perses,' an
exposé of his political notions. ”
success.
NIETZSCHE: HIS LIFE AND
WORKS
By ANTHONY M. LUDOVICI
Preface by Dr. OSCAR LEVY
103 pages, Is. net
(CONSTABLE & Co)
In this short monograph on Nietzsche, the latest addition
to Messrs. Constable's Shilling “Philosophies, Ancient and
Modern" series, Mr. Ludovici not only gives the reader a
succinct account of the philosophy of the “Will to Power”in
all its main features; but he also sketches in bold strokes the
groundwork of an attack on Darwin, Spencer, English Materi-
alism, and English Utilitarianism, which is perhaps the first
criticism of the kind ever attempted from a Nietzschean
standpoint.
"
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NIETZSCHE AND ART
BY
ANTHONY M. LUDOVICI
45. 6d.
(CONSTABLE & Co)
Not only to the Nietzsche enthusiast, but also to the
art student, this book ought to be of particular value and
interest, seeing that it is the first attempt that has ever
been made, either in English or any Continental language,
to apply Nietzsche's Æsthetic to one of the branches of
Art.
In this work the reader will find all the matter included
in Mr. Ludovici's stimulating course of lectures recently
delivered at University College, Gower Street, and a good
deal more besides. “I have done two things,” says the
author in his preface; “I have given a detailed account
of Nietzsche's general art doctrine, and I have also
applied this doctrine to the graphic arts of to-day and
of antiquity. ”
To quote the Daily Telegraph's report of the lectures,
Mr. Ludovici's thesis is simply this : “The finest art,
or the ruler art, as he calls it, is that in which the
aristocratic principles of culture, selection, precision, and
simplicity are upheld, and this art can be the flower
and product only of a society in which an aristocratic
order is observed.
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THE MASTERY OF LIFE
By G. T. WRENCH
155. net
(STEPHEN SWIFT)
This book is a review of the history of civilisation with the
object of discovering, in the phrase of Nietzsche, “under
what conditions and where the plant man flourished best. "
The review shows that the patriarchal family has always
been the foundation of peoples who have been distinguished
for their joy in and power over life, and have expressed their
joy and power in art works which have been their peculiar
glory and the object of admiration and wonder of other
peoples. On the other hand, peoples who have not based
themselves on the larger humanity of patriarchalism, and
who have not cultivated a masterful aristocracy, have been
distinguished by a weaker and often miserable attitude
towards life, and by an expression, not of power, joy, and
quality, but of exhaustion, pessimism, and doubts about the
objects of existence.
The author contrasts the two types of peoples, the orderly
and artistic, and the dehumanised or mechanical, and shows
how the latter may hope to attain to the mastery of life, both
social and individual. But to carry out the change of social
basis and values, a new kind of men is needed, and this need
leads the author in the last pages to advocate as an essential
preliminary the self-culture of power and will which Nietzsche
taught so brilliantly through the mouth of Zarathustra.
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RELIGIONS AND
PHILOSOPHIES OF THE EAST
BY
J. M. KENNEDY
Author of “The Quintessence of Nietzsche”
Crown 8vo, 6s. net
"
“ All wisdom came from the East," and all the wisdom of
the East is bound up in its religions and philosophies, the
earliest forms of which can be traced back 3000 years B. C.
Mr. J. M. Kennedy has now aimed at giving in a single
volume a concise history of the religions and philosophies
which have influenced the thought of the great eastern
nations, special emphasis, of course, being laid upon the
different religions which have swayed the vast empire of
India. A feature of the book is a section dealing with the
influence of the philosophies of the East upon those of
the West, so far as materials are now available for our
guidance in this respect. It may be remembered, for ex-
ample, that Schopenhauer was greatly influenced by Indian
thought, and that he exercised much influence on Nietzsche,
who, in his turn, as shown in Mr. Kennedy's “Quintessence
of Nietzsche," has not only swayed modern thought, but is
in addition likely to affect the whole trend of philosophy
for many generations to come.
"
T. WERNER LAURIE, CLIFFORD'S INN, LONDON
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THE PHILOSOPHY
OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
By H. L. MENCKEN
Demy Svo, 7s. 6d. net
(FISHER UNWIN)
A popular exposition of Nietzsche's ideas, showing their
application to current problems, together with an account of
his life, and chapters upon his origins and influence.
“An admirable manual. ” – Dr. W. L. COURTNEY, in the Daily
Telegraph.
“One of the most interesting and instructive books that has come
from the American press in many a long day. Mr. Mencken can
write. In addition, he has something to write about. ”—Educational
Review.
“A clear exposition, in vigorous, straightforward language, and a
really interesting and thoughtful biographical memoir. "-Outlook.
“A very readable and clear account of the philosophy and the
philosopher. ”—New York Sun.
»
MEN VS. THE MAN
By ROBERT RIVES LAMONTE and
H. L. MENCKEN
1 2mo, 251 pages, $1. 35 net
(Henry Holt & Co. , New York)
A series of actual letters between a prominent American
Socialist and a Nietzschean Individualist. An earnest and
lively debate.
“No more brilliant and entertaining work has appeared in many
years. "—Wilshire's Magazine.
“An epistolary duel between two well-equipped champions. ”-
International Socialist Review.
“Mencken's thinking and Mencken's writing delight me. I like
to see him hammer the dunces, the scholiasts, the hired bombasticos
of the pulpit and the lecture-room. ”—PERCIVAL POLLARD, in Town
Topics.
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ON THE TRACKS OF LIFE
THE IMMORALITY OF MORALITY
Translated from the Italian of LEO G. SERA by
J. M. KENNEDY
With an Introduction by Dr. OSCAR LEVY
75. 6d. net
(JOHN LANE)
Dr. Sera is a physician who has deeply studied literature
and historical science, and the object of his book is, in the
opening words of the preface : “To establish our conception
of social life on its original basis. " The author adduces
many new and startling theories in regard to the questions he
treats of in support of his views. He holds that the diffusion
of democratic principles is vulgarising science and art, and
that present social conditions, especially work and Christian
teaching, are leading to the intellectual and moral degen-
eration of the race. Stimulating chapters on Stendhal,
Nietzsche, Goethe, The Origin of Society, Work, and the
Aristocratic Ideal, show current opinions of Genius, Aristo-
cracy, Democracy, Sport, and Sexuality in a new light.
Scientific thought is put upon a new basis more in conformity
with modern Continental views. The audacity of Dr.
Sera's theories has evoked much discussion in England and
on the Continent; and his work is certain to appeal to all
serious thinkers, and to students of modern moral problems.
“There are a host of points which Dr. Sera makes which it would
be well if our social conventionalists would consider. For one
thing, his philosophy is based on what men really do and think, as
apart from their professions. ”-Sunday Times.
“ Written with a vigour and freshness rarely met with in works of
this character, few readers could peruse the volume without intel.
lectual quickening and expansion. ”--Western Morning News.
“A vigorously written bit of work, packed full of shrewd
thinking. ”—Birmingham Post.
“ The volume contains many obiter dicta of great shrewdness,
and of particular value to our own race. ”—Globe.
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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
OTHER NIETZSCHEAN LITERATURE
HIS LIFE AND WORK
By M. A. MÜGGE, Ph. D.
1os. 6d. (Third Edition)
(FISHER UNWIN)
To those who have already perused Dr. Mügge's valuable
book the advent of a third edition will be more than welcome.
The detailed and fascinating story of Nietzsche's life forms a
fitting prelude to the scholarly sketch of the brilliant poet-
philosopher's works comprising the second part of the volume.
The author's keen critique, combined with his absolutely just
and unbiassed appreciation of Nietzsche's contribution to
philosophical thought, furnishes delightful reading in the third
part, which portrays the lonely genius as philosopher, poet
and prophet.
Almost invaluable to the student of Nietzsche is the com-
plete and accurate bibliography, at present the most reliable
compendium of English and foreign literature on this subject
obtainable.
The book supplies a long-felt want, and fulfils most admir-
ably the author's aims, as stated in his preface, viz. , “the
introduction of the philosopher and his philosophy to those
unacquainted with either"; and, “to gain for Nietzsche some
appreciation and justice in the English-speaking world,
where he is so little known, and, when not unknown, so often
misunderstood. "
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PRESS CRITICISMS.
“Undoubtedly the best work on Nietzsche in English. ”-Westminster Gazette.
“The most useful Nietzsche book yet published in English. ”—Literary World.
"An interesting and exhaustive book. "-Review of Reviews.
“Welcomed by all lovers of literature. "-Daily Telegraph.
A
very useful work; there is nothing like it in English. ”—Morning Post.
Herr Mügge has written a book specially for English readers. And certainly
nothing could be better for the purpose. "-Labour Leader.
“There are few Englishmen capable of writing the life of Nietzsche and
explaining his philosophy with the clearness achieved by Mr. Mügge. "
Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury.
“The best work on Friedrich Nietzsche in our tongue. "-Dundee Advertiser.
“An educated and temperate account of a most unhappy man of genius. ”
Guardian.
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THE QUINTESSENCE OF
NIETZSCHE
By J. M. KENNEDY
370 PP. , 6s. net
(T. WERNER LAURIE)
This book is valuable as giving not only the first full
account in English of Nietzsche's complete works, includ-
ing the recently published writings and fragments, but
also as the first application of the German philosopher's
principles to English politics, the Church of England,
Socialism, Democracy, and to British Institutions in
general. The publication of the fragmentary works and
letters has thrown new light on Nietzsche's opinions
concerning love, woman, and marriage, all of which are
referred to or cited in the course of the work. Quotations
are given from all Nietzsche's writings, no work of the
philosopher being left unmentioned. For the chapters
dealing with Nietzsche's life, studies, travels, etc. , ample
use has been made of the newly issued autobiography,
“Ecce Homo,” from which several quotations are given.
The volume is tastefully illustrated, and is further pro-
vided with a short bibliography and a full index.
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NIETZSCHE IN OUTLINE AND APHORISM. By
A. R. ORAGE, Editor of The New Age. 176 pages. Fcap. 8vo,
25. 6d. net. (T. N. Foulis. )
“Mr. Orage has made his selection with care and judgment. His book gives
an excellent summary of Nietzsche's teaching, which many will be glad to
possess. ”—Nation.
NIETZSCHE, The Dionysian Spirit of the Age. By A. R.
ORAGE. With Portrait. 83 pages. Crown 8vo, boards, is. net. (T. N.
Foulis. )
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