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scholars
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Plato, his estimate of the degree of reality, xv. 74; his in-
dictment of Athens under Pericles recalled, 203;
Tkeages quoted—an attitude of mind that must
be reinstated in our midst, 365; comforting
expedients of, 374; his estimate of man's power,
376.
— with Socrates, recognised as a decadent, xvi. 10; never
doubted his right to falsehood, 49; his proposi-
tion that all beauty lures to procreation, 78;
Nietzsche a sceptic regarding, 113; criticised,
114; truth, and the belief that a thing is true,
152; the " holy lie " not absent in, 214; alluded
to, 24.
— the use he made of Socrates, as cypher for himself,
the same as Nietzsche's use of Wagner and Scho-
penhauer in Thoughts out of Season, xvii. 81.
Pleasing, the desire of, vi. 379.
Pleasure, arises out of traditional custom and habit, vi. 95;
social instinct a cause of, 96; the struggle for,
105 ; in nonsense, 191; the world ruled by nature
through, 265.
— allied to good conscience. 'vii. 36; and the man of the
antique world, 101.
— the most gratifying of all, ix. 305.
— on the nature of pleasure and pain, xv. 166-73.
Plutarch, on the conception of labour held by the nobly
born youth of Greece, ii. 5.
— the works and heroes of, v. 57; the inspiring effect of
reading, 116.
— now little read, vi. 258.
— his heroes, vii. 199.
The volumes referred to under numbers are as follow:—I, Birth
of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, ii. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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PLUTARCH—POLITENESS
Plutarch, his gloomy picture of a superstitious man in
pagan times, ix. 79.
— the heroes of, and the Christian ideal, xiv. 180.
Poe, instanced as poet, viii. 76.
— alluded to, xii. 245.
Poet, the, the faculty of, i. 67.
— no longer a teacher, vii. 90 ; the mouthpiece of the
gods, 93.
— and the bird Phoenix, ix. 393.
— the charm exercised by the imperfections of x. 110;
and the liar, 200.
Poetry, and past and future generations, v. 90.
— thoughts in, vi. 180; the revolution in, brought about
by the restrictions of the French dramatists, 199
et seq.
— and the baroque style, vii. 75; the greatest paradox
in its history, 81.
— the origin of, x. 116-20; the warfare between prose
and, 125.
Poets, the younger philologist as poetaster, iii. 77-8.
— as lighteners of life, vi. 155.
— of emotion, vii. 58; to the poets of great towns, 59;
their real thoughts go about with a veil on, 249.
— Zarathustra's discourse entitled, xi. 151-5.
— and exploitation, xii. 99.
Poisons, on, vii. 33.
— isolated impulses operate as, x. 159.
Polis, the Greek, its constitution a Phoenician invention,
viii. 160; the Spartan state, a caricature of, 161;
Greek morality based on, not on religion, 165.
Politeness, the condition of, ix. 298.
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII,
Genealogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Political economy, the Nihilistic trait in, xiv. 62.
Politics, the apparent weather makers of, vi. 325; new and
old conceptions of government, 325; the propa-
gandists—asking to be heard, 317-9; high politics
and their detriments, 353.
— the love of King versus love of State, vii. 314.
— on the stimulants and food of, ix. 185; the sharpest
spur towards high politics, 186.
— no longer the business of a gentleman, x. 72.
— the acquirement of single-willedness and the compul-
sion to great politics, xii. 146.
— Nihilistic traits of, xiv. 62; our more natural attitude
toward, in the nineteenth century, 99.
— the value of the opposition in, xvi. 28; my concept of
freedom, 94; a criticism of modernity in, 96; the
question of the working man, 98; freedom, 99;
a hint to Conservatives, 101.
Polybius, and active man in history, v. 17.
Polytheism, wherein lay the greatest utility of, x. 178; the
prototype of free and many-sided thinking, 180.
Poor, the, their only poverty, x. 197.
Poor in spirit, the, the physician of, ix. 321.
Popularity, the depreciatory effect of the best things and
conditions, x. 226-7.
Population, reason and the tree of mankind, vii. 289.
Port-Royal, essentials to the understanding of, xii. 106.
— the scholars of, xiv. 81.
Possession, when it becomes lord of the possessor, vii. 149.
— various aspects of the thirst for, xii. 115-7.
Postulates, the three, xiv. 320.
Poussin and the idyllic, vii. 346.
The volumes referred to under numbers are as follow :—I, Birth
of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, ii. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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POVERTY—PRACTICAL
Poverty, nobility and the endurance of, ix. 203.
— on the motivation of, x. 55; the poor misunderstand
voluntary poverty, 193.
— Zarathustra surveys his winter guest, from the sunny
corner of his olive mount, xi. 209; I am jealous
of my poverty, 210.
Power, alluded to, vii. 36.
— in high politics, ix. 186; Danae and the god of gold,
209; wealth as a means of, 210; the subtlety of
the feeling of, 240; the demon of, 248; and
festive moods, 253; and our circumstances, 276;
the feeling of, 283; the first effect of happiness,
286; the Greek estimate of, 287; the victory of
the great man over, 379; the use made of, by the
great man, 380.
— the theory of the sense of, x. 49; and proud natures,
5i-
— Zarathustra—I call its condescension beauty, xi. 141;
the passion for, placed in the scales, 229; defined
and revalued, 230-1.
— the acquirement of, by lying, xiv. 120-5; the way that
leads to, 252.
— on man's desire for, xv. 185; our impotence to, 186;
concerning its Machiavellism, 220; the degrees
of,—the man of will—desire^—fate, 341; pleasure,
happiness, and progress appear with, 403.
— surplus power the proof of power, xvi. pref.
Powerful, the, the injustice of, considered, vi. 86.
Practical, the dangerous distinction between the practical
and the theoretical, xiv. 375-7.
Practical people, the dependence of, on the thinkers, ix. 351.
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII,
Genealogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Political economy, the Nihilistic trait in, xiv. 62.
Politics, the apparent weather makers of, vi. 325; new and
old conceptions of government, 325; the propa-
gandists—askingto be heard, 317-9; high politics
and their detriments, 353.
— the love of King versus love of State, vii. 314.
— on the stimulants and food of, ix. 185; the sharpest
spur towards high politics, 186.
— no longer the business of a gentleman, x. 72.
— the acquirement of single-willedness and the compul-
sion to great politics, xii. 146.
— Nihilistic traits of, xiv. 62; our more natural attitude
toward, in the nineteenth century, 99.
— the value of the opposition in, xvi. 28; my concept of
freedom, 94; a criticism of modernity in, 96; the
question of the working man, 98; freedom, 99;
a hint to Conservatives, 101.
Polybius, and active man in history, v. 17.
Polytheism, wherein lay the greatest utility of, x. 178; the
prototype of free and many-sided thinking, 180.
Poor, the, their only poverty, x. 197.
Poor in spirit, the, the physician of, ix. 321.
Popularity, the depreciatory effect of the best things and
conditions, x. 226-7.
Population, reason and the tree of mankind, vii. 289.
Port-Royal, essentials to the understanding of, xii. 106.
— the scholars of, xiv. 81.
Possession, when it becomes lord of the possessor, vii. 149.
— various aspects of the thirst for, xii. 1 1 5-7.
Postulates, the three, xiv. 320.
Poussin and the idyllic, vii. 346.
The volumes referred to under numbers are as follow :—I, Birth
of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, it. VI, Human, ail-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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POVERTY—PRACTICAL
Poverty, nobility and the endurance of, ix. 203.
— on the motivation of, x. 55; the poor misunderstand
voluntary poverty, 193.
— Zarathustra surveys his winter guest, from the sunny
corner of his olive mount, xi. 209; I am jealous
of my poverty, 210.
Power, alluded to, vii. 36.
— in high politics, ix. 186; Danaeand the god of gold,
209; wealth as a means of, 210; the subtlety of
the feeling of, 240; the demon of, 248; and
festive moods, 253; and our circumstances, 276;
the feeling of, 283; the first effect of happiness,
286; the Greek estimate of, 287; the victory of
the great man over, 379; the use made of, by the
great man, 380.
— the theory of the sense of, x. 49; and proud natures,
Si-
— Zarathustra—/ call its condescension beauty, xi. 141;
the passion for, placed in the scales, 229; denned
and revalued, 230-1.
— the acquirement of, by lying, xiv. 120-5 , the way that
leads to, 252.
— on man's desire for, xv. 185; our impotence to, 186;
concerning its Machiavellism, 220; the degrees
of,—the man of will—desire^—fate, 341; pleasure,
happiness, and progress appear with, 403.
— surplus power the proof of power, xvi. pref.
Powerful, the, the injustice of, considered, vi. 86.
Practical, the dangerous distinction between the practical
and the theoretical, xiv. 375-7.
Practical people, the dependenceof, on the thinkers, ix. 351.
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII.
Genealogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Praise, to one who is praised, vii. 161.
— effects of, ix. 358.
— disappointing, xii. 90; on rejoicing at, 93; its obtru-
siveness, 100; self-control in bestowing, 253.
— as a form of will to power, xv. 219.
Praise and blame, dependent on success or non-success,
ix. 149.
Prayer, the sense in, rests on two hypotheses denied by
Christianity, vii. 235.
— for whom its formula was devised, x. 171; the value
of, 172.
Precedence, the intellectual order of, vii. 167.
Precepts, on the proof of, ix. 30; alluded to, 104.
Precocity, on, vii. 134; early merit, 139.
Predestination, the conception of the idea of, vii. 241.
Predisposition and argument, ix. 35.
Pregnancy, the sacred state of—ideal selfishness, ix. 383.
Prehistoric epoch, the, the character of mankind estab-
lished in, ix. 26; the morality of, 27.
Presence, on the value of a noble, x. 77; lack of, in
industrial employers, 78.
Present, the, its value, vi. 217.
— the soul of, and the older art, vii. 67.
Preservation, the utility of, as the motive force behind
the development of the organs of knowledge,
xv. 12.
Press, the, wherein the power of, consists, vi. 323.
— its untrustworthiness, vii. 154.
— the power of, opposed, xv. 206.
Presumption, the years of, vi. 380.
— on not being deceived by, ix. 375.
The volumes referred to under numbers are as follow:—I, Birth
of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, ii. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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PRIDE—PRIESTS
Pride, alluded to, vi. 174.
— perfect lovers and their different pride, ix. 300.
— the ancient savour of, unfamiliar to us, x. 55.
— Zarathustra more forbearing to the vain than to the
proud, xi. 172.
Priest, the, as an actor, xiv. 117; his desire—that it
should be understood that he is the highest type
of man, 118; means thereto, 118-20; his atti-
tude to sensuality contrasted with the religious
rites of the Athenian women, 127.
— stands in the way of truth, xvi. 134; the concept
"true and false " determined by the priest, 139;
recognised for what he is—but tolerated, 177;
science his only danger, 199.
Priest, the ascetic, regarding, xiii. 147; the value of life
from his standpoint, 149; the incarnate wish
for another existence, 154; belongs to the really
great conservative and affirmative forces of life,
155; the predestined saviour, herdsman, and
champion of the sick herd, 162; the object of
his balsams, 164; is he really a physician? 168;
his prescriptions for and organisation of the
herd, 175; his guilty method—the producing
of emotional excess, 177; his implicit belief in
the utility and indispensability of his prescrip-
tion—emotional excess, 182; the grand old wiz-
ard of "sin," 183.
Priests, priestly natures as regarded by the people and by
philosophers, x. 291-3; the practical destruc-
tion of, by Luther's withdrawal of celibacy and
auricular confession, 313.
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII,
Genealogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Priests, The Priests (Zarathustra's discourse), xi. 105-8.
— the priestly caste and the concept, "clean and un-
clean," xiii. 26-9; the priestly and the knightly
modes of valuation, 29.
— as becoming Chandala in our midst, xiv. 94; condi-
tions of their existence, 119; and the doctrine
of improvement in man, 317.
— on Jewish priestly agitators with their reward and
punishment,xvi. 157; their falsification of history,
158; their rise to supremacy, 160 ; their supreme
axiom, 161; Zarathustra quoted concerning,
209; and falsehoods perpetrated on principle, be-
cause they serve a purpose, 213; the right to lie,
and to revelation, belongs to the type, 214.
— their yoke, and Nietzsche's life task, xvii. 93; their
desire is precisely the degeneration of mankind,
94.
Princes as symbols, ix. 359.
Principles, regarding, vi. 355.
— the use made of, xii. 87.
Prisoners, the, the parable of, vii. 240.
Privation, advantage in, vii. 176.
Problems, on making them more complicated, vii. 356.
Proclus, his mysticism and Christianity, viii. 168.
Profession, the value of a, vi. 365.
— on the few men who have a capacity for their, viii. 109.
Profound, the, on, vii. 126.
— and the multitude, x. 190.
Progress, the possibility of, vi. 39; and reaction, 41.
— on leaders and forerunners, ix. 386.
— the aspect of the question of modern, xiv. 72; re-
The volumes referred to under numbers are as follow:—I, Birth
of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, ii. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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PROGRESS—PROSE
tarding influences to, 72; the Chinaman as a
more successful type of, than the tender son of
culture, 73 ; the belief in, in higher and lower
spheres, 93; and the hypothesis of Divine Pro-
vidence, 199.
Progress, Rousseau and Napoleon compared, to illustrate
Nietzsche's sense of, xvi. 108; a false idea to-
day, 129.
Prohibition, the effect of, xv. 196.
Prometheus, the great philanthropist, i. 35; his exemplary
love, 40.
— the dignity of his transgression, x. 175; and the re-
lationship between science and religion, 234.
— a conquering and ruling barbarian, xv. 329.
Prometheus, the, of #)schylus as the glory 0/activity, i. 75-
80; the origin of the myth of, 77.
Promiscuity, the banquet of the many, ix. 334.
Promise, the limits of, vi. 76.
Promises, the best way to make, ix. 284.
Pronunciation, misconceptions based on peculiarities in,
ix.
INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Plato, his estimate of the degree of reality, xv. 74; his in-
dictment of Athens under Pericles recalled, 203;
Tkeages quoted—an attitude of mind that must
be reinstated in our midst, 365; comforting
expedients of, 374; his estimate of man's power,
376.
— with Socrates, recognised as a decadent, xvi. 10; never
doubted his right to falsehood, 49; his proposi-
tion that all beauty lures to procreation, 78;
Nietzsche a sceptic regarding, 113; criticised,
114; truth, and the belief that a thing is true,
152; the " holy lie " not absent in, 214; alluded
to, 24.
— the use he made of Socrates, as cypher for himself,
the same as Nietzsche's use of Wagner and Scho-
penhauer in Thoughts out of Season, xvii. 81.
Pleasing, the desire of, vi. 379.
Pleasure, arises out of traditional custom and habit, vi. 95;
social instinct a cause of, 96; the struggle for,
105 ; in nonsense, 191; the world ruled by nature
through, 265.
— allied to good conscience. 'vii. 36; and the man of the
antique world, 101.
— the most gratifying of all, ix. 305.
— on the nature of pleasure and pain, xv. 166-73.
Plutarch, on the conception of labour held by the nobly
born youth of Greece, ii. 5.
— the works and heroes of, v. 57; the inspiring effect of
reading, 116.
— now little read, vi. 258.
— his heroes, vii. 199.
The volumes referred to under numbers are as follow:—I, Birth
of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, ii. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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PLUTARCH—POLITENESS
Plutarch, his gloomy picture of a superstitious man in
pagan times, ix. 79.
— the heroes of, and the Christian ideal, xiv. 180.
Poe, instanced as poet, viii. 76.
— alluded to, xii. 245.
Poet, the, the faculty of, i. 67.
— no longer a teacher, vii. 90 ; the mouthpiece of the
gods, 93.
— and the bird Phoenix, ix. 393.
— the charm exercised by the imperfections of x. 110;
and the liar, 200.
Poetry, and past and future generations, v. 90.
— thoughts in, vi. 180; the revolution in, brought about
by the restrictions of the French dramatists, 199
et seq.
— and the baroque style, vii. 75; the greatest paradox
in its history, 81.
— the origin of, x. 116-20; the warfare between prose
and, 125.
Poets, the younger philologist as poetaster, iii. 77-8.
— as lighteners of life, vi. 155.
— of emotion, vii. 58; to the poets of great towns, 59;
their real thoughts go about with a veil on, 249.
— Zarathustra's discourse entitled, xi. 151-5.
— and exploitation, xii. 99.
Poisons, on, vii. 33.
— isolated impulses operate as, x. 159.
Polis, the Greek, its constitution a Phoenician invention,
viii. 160; the Spartan state, a caricature of, 161;
Greek morality based on, not on religion, 165.
Politeness, the condition of, ix. 298.
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII,
Genealogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Political economy, the Nihilistic trait in, xiv. 62.
Politics, the apparent weather makers of, vi. 325; new and
old conceptions of government, 325; the propa-
gandists—asking to be heard, 317-9; high politics
and their detriments, 353.
— the love of King versus love of State, vii. 314.
— on the stimulants and food of, ix. 185; the sharpest
spur towards high politics, 186.
— no longer the business of a gentleman, x. 72.
— the acquirement of single-willedness and the compul-
sion to great politics, xii. 146.
— Nihilistic traits of, xiv. 62; our more natural attitude
toward, in the nineteenth century, 99.
— the value of the opposition in, xvi. 28; my concept of
freedom, 94; a criticism of modernity in, 96; the
question of the working man, 98; freedom, 99;
a hint to Conservatives, 101.
Polybius, and active man in history, v. 17.
Polytheism, wherein lay the greatest utility of, x. 178; the
prototype of free and many-sided thinking, 180.
Poor, the, their only poverty, x. 197.
Poor in spirit, the, the physician of, ix. 321.
Popularity, the depreciatory effect of the best things and
conditions, x. 226-7.
Population, reason and the tree of mankind, vii. 289.
Port-Royal, essentials to the understanding of, xii. 106.
— the scholars of, xiv. 81.
Possession, when it becomes lord of the possessor, vii. 149.
— various aspects of the thirst for, xii. 115-7.
Postulates, the three, xiv. 320.
Poussin and the idyllic, vii. 346.
The volumes referred to under numbers are as follow :—I, Birth
of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, ii. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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POVERTY—PRACTICAL
Poverty, nobility and the endurance of, ix. 203.
— on the motivation of, x. 55; the poor misunderstand
voluntary poverty, 193.
— Zarathustra surveys his winter guest, from the sunny
corner of his olive mount, xi. 209; I am jealous
of my poverty, 210.
Power, alluded to, vii. 36.
— in high politics, ix. 186; Danae and the god of gold,
209; wealth as a means of, 210; the subtlety of
the feeling of, 240; the demon of, 248; and
festive moods, 253; and our circumstances, 276;
the feeling of, 283; the first effect of happiness,
286; the Greek estimate of, 287; the victory of
the great man over, 379; the use made of, by the
great man, 380.
— the theory of the sense of, x. 49; and proud natures,
5i-
— Zarathustra—I call its condescension beauty, xi. 141;
the passion for, placed in the scales, 229; defined
and revalued, 230-1.
— the acquirement of, by lying, xiv. 120-5; the way that
leads to, 252.
— on man's desire for, xv. 185; our impotence to, 186;
concerning its Machiavellism, 220; the degrees
of,—the man of will—desire^—fate, 341; pleasure,
happiness, and progress appear with, 403.
— surplus power the proof of power, xvi. pref.
Powerful, the, the injustice of, considered, vi. 86.
Practical, the dangerous distinction between the practical
and the theoretical, xiv. 375-7.
Practical people, the dependence of, on the thinkers, ix. 351.
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII,
Genealogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
J
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Political economy, the Nihilistic trait in, xiv. 62.
Politics, the apparent weather makers of, vi. 325; new and
old conceptions of government, 325; the propa-
gandists—askingto be heard, 317-9; high politics
and their detriments, 353.
— the love of King versus love of State, vii. 314.
— on the stimulants and food of, ix. 185; the sharpest
spur towards high politics, 186.
— no longer the business of a gentleman, x. 72.
— the acquirement of single-willedness and the compul-
sion to great politics, xii. 146.
— Nihilistic traits of, xiv. 62; our more natural attitude
toward, in the nineteenth century, 99.
— the value of the opposition in, xvi. 28; my concept of
freedom, 94; a criticism of modernity in, 96; the
question of the working man, 98; freedom, 99;
a hint to Conservatives, 101.
Polybius, and active man in history, v. 17.
Polytheism, wherein lay the greatest utility of, x. 178; the
prototype of free and many-sided thinking, 180.
Poor, the, their only poverty, x. 197.
Poor in spirit, the, the physician of, ix. 321.
Popularity, the depreciatory effect of the best things and
conditions, x. 226-7.
Population, reason and the tree of mankind, vii. 289.
Port-Royal, essentials to the understanding of, xii. 106.
— the scholars of, xiv. 81.
Possession, when it becomes lord of the possessor, vii. 149.
— various aspects of the thirst for, xii. 1 1 5-7.
Postulates, the three, xiv. 320.
Poussin and the idyllic, vii. 346.
The volumes referred to under numbers are as follow :—I, Birth
of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, it. VI, Human, ail-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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POVERTY—PRACTICAL
Poverty, nobility and the endurance of, ix. 203.
— on the motivation of, x. 55; the poor misunderstand
voluntary poverty, 193.
— Zarathustra surveys his winter guest, from the sunny
corner of his olive mount, xi. 209; I am jealous
of my poverty, 210.
Power, alluded to, vii. 36.
— in high politics, ix. 186; Danaeand the god of gold,
209; wealth as a means of, 210; the subtlety of
the feeling of, 240; the demon of, 248; and
festive moods, 253; and our circumstances, 276;
the feeling of, 283; the first effect of happiness,
286; the Greek estimate of, 287; the victory of
the great man over, 379; the use made of, by the
great man, 380.
— the theory of the sense of, x. 49; and proud natures,
Si-
— Zarathustra—/ call its condescension beauty, xi. 141;
the passion for, placed in the scales, 229; denned
and revalued, 230-1.
— the acquirement of, by lying, xiv. 120-5 , the way that
leads to, 252.
— on man's desire for, xv. 185; our impotence to, 186;
concerning its Machiavellism, 220; the degrees
of,—the man of will—desire^—fate, 341; pleasure,
happiness, and progress appear with, 403.
— surplus power the proof of power, xvi. pref.
Powerful, the, the injustice of, considered, vi. 86.
Practical, the dangerous distinction between the practical
and the theoretical, xiv. 375-7.
Practical people, the dependenceof, on the thinkers, ix. 351.
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII.
Genealogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Praise, to one who is praised, vii. 161.
— effects of, ix. 358.
— disappointing, xii. 90; on rejoicing at, 93; its obtru-
siveness, 100; self-control in bestowing, 253.
— as a form of will to power, xv. 219.
Praise and blame, dependent on success or non-success,
ix. 149.
Prayer, the sense in, rests on two hypotheses denied by
Christianity, vii. 235.
— for whom its formula was devised, x. 171; the value
of, 172.
Precedence, the intellectual order of, vii. 167.
Precepts, on the proof of, ix. 30; alluded to, 104.
Precocity, on, vii. 134; early merit, 139.
Predestination, the conception of the idea of, vii. 241.
Predisposition and argument, ix. 35.
Pregnancy, the sacred state of—ideal selfishness, ix. 383.
Prehistoric epoch, the, the character of mankind estab-
lished in, ix. 26; the morality of, 27.
Presence, on the value of a noble, x. 77; lack of, in
industrial employers, 78.
Present, the, its value, vi. 217.
— the soul of, and the older art, vii. 67.
Preservation, the utility of, as the motive force behind
the development of the organs of knowledge,
xv. 12.
Press, the, wherein the power of, consists, vi. 323.
— its untrustworthiness, vii. 154.
— the power of, opposed, xv. 206.
Presumption, the years of, vi. 380.
— on not being deceived by, ix. 375.
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of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, ii. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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PRIDE—PRIESTS
Pride, alluded to, vi. 174.
— perfect lovers and their different pride, ix. 300.
— the ancient savour of, unfamiliar to us, x. 55.
— Zarathustra more forbearing to the vain than to the
proud, xi. 172.
Priest, the, as an actor, xiv. 117; his desire—that it
should be understood that he is the highest type
of man, 118; means thereto, 118-20; his atti-
tude to sensuality contrasted with the religious
rites of the Athenian women, 127.
— stands in the way of truth, xvi. 134; the concept
"true and false " determined by the priest, 139;
recognised for what he is—but tolerated, 177;
science his only danger, 199.
Priest, the ascetic, regarding, xiii. 147; the value of life
from his standpoint, 149; the incarnate wish
for another existence, 154; belongs to the really
great conservative and affirmative forces of life,
155; the predestined saviour, herdsman, and
champion of the sick herd, 162; the object of
his balsams, 164; is he really a physician? 168;
his prescriptions for and organisation of the
herd, 175; his guilty method—the producing
of emotional excess, 177; his implicit belief in
the utility and indispensability of his prescrip-
tion—emotional excess, 182; the grand old wiz-
ard of "sin," 183.
Priests, priestly natures as regarded by the people and by
philosophers, x. 291-3; the practical destruc-
tion of, by Luther's withdrawal of celibacy and
auricular confession, 313.
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII,
Genealogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
Priests, The Priests (Zarathustra's discourse), xi. 105-8.
— the priestly caste and the concept, "clean and un-
clean," xiii. 26-9; the priestly and the knightly
modes of valuation, 29.
— as becoming Chandala in our midst, xiv. 94; condi-
tions of their existence, 119; and the doctrine
of improvement in man, 317.
— on Jewish priestly agitators with their reward and
punishment,xvi. 157; their falsification of history,
158; their rise to supremacy, 160 ; their supreme
axiom, 161; Zarathustra quoted concerning,
209; and falsehoods perpetrated on principle, be-
cause they serve a purpose, 213; the right to lie,
and to revelation, belongs to the type, 214.
— their yoke, and Nietzsche's life task, xvii. 93; their
desire is precisely the degeneration of mankind,
94.
Princes as symbols, ix. 359.
Principles, regarding, vi. 355.
— the use made of, xii. 87.
Prisoners, the, the parable of, vii. 240.
Privation, advantage in, vii. 176.
Problems, on making them more complicated, vii. 356.
Proclus, his mysticism and Christianity, viii. 168.
Profession, the value of a, vi. 365.
— on the few men who have a capacity for their, viii. 109.
Profound, the, on, vii. 126.
— and the multitude, x. 190.
Progress, the possibility of, vi. 39; and reaction, 41.
— on leaders and forerunners, ix. 386.
— the aspect of the question of modern, xiv. 72; re-
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of Tragedy. II, Early Greek Philosophy. Ill, Future of Educa-
tional Institutions. IV, Thoughts out of Season, i. V, Thoughts out
of Season, ii. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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PROGRESS—PROSE
tarding influences to, 72; the Chinaman as a
more successful type of, than the tender son of
culture, 73 ; the belief in, in higher and lower
spheres, 93; and the hypothesis of Divine Pro-
vidence, 199.
Progress, Rousseau and Napoleon compared, to illustrate
Nietzsche's sense of, xvi. 108; a false idea to-
day, 129.
Prohibition, the effect of, xv. 196.
Prometheus, the great philanthropist, i. 35; his exemplary
love, 40.
— the dignity of his transgression, x. 175; and the re-
lationship between science and religion, 234.
— a conquering and ruling barbarian, xv. 329.
Prometheus, the, of #)schylus as the glory 0/activity, i. 75-
80; the origin of the myth of, 77.
Promiscuity, the banquet of the many, ix. 334.
Promise, the limits of, vi. 76.
Promises, the best way to make, ix. 284.
Pronunciation, misconceptions based on peculiarities in,
ix.
