No More Learning

Steinbach, Goethe before the monument to, v. 25.
Stendhal, quoted, vii. 325.
— imperfectly understood by the French, x. 129.
— on a feature of the portrait of the free - spirited
philosopher, xii. 54; a master of new modes of
speech, 218.
— his definition of the "beautiful" compared with that
of Kant, xiii. 131; and with Schopenhauer's
aesthetic, 133; alluded to, 224.
— quoted, xiv. 88.
— his Life of Napoleon alluded to, xv. 52; favourable
to a reasonable mode of life, 259.
— Nietzsche on his happy discovery of Stendhal and
Dostoiewsky, xvi. 104.
— to Nietzsche, quite priceless, xvii. 39; his best
aesthetic joke, 39; a maxim of, put into practice
by Nietzsche in attacking Strauss—one should
make one's entrance into society by means of a duel,
79; alluded to, 128.
Sterility as a result of decadence, xiv. 34.
Sterne, a criticism of, vii. 60-2.
Stifter, his St. Martin's Summer, vii. 250.
— signs of strength in, xv. 402.
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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STILLEST HOUSS—STRAUSS
Stillest hours, the greatest events are not our noisiest but
our, xi. 158.
Stoic, the, his bearing in misfortune, ii. 191.
— the method of, contrasted with those of the Epicur-
ean, x. 239.
— defined—an Arabian sheik wrapped in Greek togas
and notions, xiv. 160.
— traces of the doctrine of Eternal Recurrence in, xvii.
73-
Stoicism, essentials to the understanding of, xii. 106.
Stone, on turning to, ix. 367.
Stowe (Harriet Beecher), and the slaves, xiv. 76.
Strauss (David), and the philosophy of Schopenhauer, iv,
19; the old faith and the new—Strauss the con-
fessor, 22; the believer proud of his belief, 24;
the would-be religious founder, 25; on en-
thusiasts and the control of reason, 27; three
questions put to, and the answer to the first pro-
ceeded with, 28 ; the heaven of the new believer,
29; on our great poets and musicians, 31 ; his
warmth towards Lessing suspected, 34; his atti-
tude towards Haydn and Beethoven travestied,
37 ; the pretentiousness of, 39; the answer to
the first question summarised, 41; the second
question proceeded with, 42 ; his refutation of
Schopenhauer quoted, 46; the quality of his
courage, 49; examined and criticised on moral-
ity, 52; in the role of metaphysical architect,
56; the features in the book of, detested by
Nietzsche, 58; the third question put to, dealt
with, 59; his success as a pocket oracle, 59;
Human, ii. VIII, Case 0f 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
his lack of original thought, iv. 63; the theological
and literaiy aspects of the Straussian book, 66;
the classical prose-writer, the logician, the liter-
ary designer, discussed, 69; the "all" of, 72;
his light equipment, 75; the summer pavilion
of his dreams, 77; the Voltaire-Lessing secret,
79; the genial master and his antics, 81; the
value set on, as a writer and stylist, 84; his
liberal tribute to modern metaphor, 89; ex-
amples of his didactic and scholarly style, 90;
his solecisms and strained metaphors, 91; his
style will not stand the test of translation into
Latin, 93.
Strauss, alluded to, v. 78.
— a reference by Nietzsche to his early essay on, vii. 1.
— his courage on paper, xv. 276.
— the degeneration of, through beer, xvi. 52; Nietz-
sche's early relish for his example of excellent
fooling, 163.
— Nietzsche on his attack, xvii. 24; success of the
essay on, 77.
Strength, the evil of, ix. 291.
— popular morality separates strength from the expres-
sion of strength, xiii. 45; the belief—that the
strong has the option of being weak, and the bird
of prey of being a lamb, 46.
— the measure of, xiv. 17; wherein lies the strength of
a character, 37; the repose of, 39; the experi-
ence of intoxication and, 41; signs of increasing
strength, 91-109; first principle of, 91; and
weakness—the problem of the nineteenth cen-
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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STRENGTH—STUPIDITY
tury, 92; general survey, 92; a sign of, 101;
the favourable chance to-day for the possessor
of a strong will, 105; the conditions of all,
109; as disposed of under religious influences,
116; as treated by Christian moral quackery,
204-5.
Strength, the sensation of, xv. 136; there is but one form
of, 260; strongest natures and personalities should
be sought in the lowest ranks and dregs of society,
321; to feel one's self stronger, 338; methods
conducive to,—deciding slowly and holding firm
to a decision once made, 339; one's modesty,
the thing represented of most, 340; self-respect,
340; the means by which a strong species
maintains itself, 341; on warlike and peaceful
people, 342; to what extent ought one to un-
fetter one's terrible qualities, 349; the strength
of the nineteenth century, 394; concerning the
pessimism of, 398-400.
— means of, xvi. 2.
Strong, The, and the Weak, (Sec. ii. Pt. i. Bk. iv. ) xv.
298-350.
Student, the modem, iii. 131 ; a metaphysical picture of
this guilty innocent, 132.
Students, their need of real educational institutions, iii.
135; the German Students' Association of
Liberal principles, 136; the fate of the Bur-
schenschaft, 137; need for leaders, 140; the
simile of the orchestra, 141.
Stupid, the, why they are so often malignant, vii. 32.
Stupidity, on doing harm to, x. 253.
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
Style, the journalistic, iii. 41; so-called German com-
position, 51; results of 54,; and real culture,
58.
— Strauss as stylist, iv. 84; Lichtenberg quoted, 84;
Schopenhauer quoted, 85; distorted and slip-
shod styles, 87; modern metaphor in Strauss,
89; examples of Strauss, 90; Schopenhauer on
style and language, 93; the style of Wagner's
dramas, 174; Wagner's pride, 193.
— Goethe, Schopenhauer, and Lessing compared in
point of, v. 115.
— thinkers as stylists, vi. 179; the baroque, 198.
— the overladen, vii. 63; le style baroque, 74,; on pre-
senting dangerous opinions, 233; the influence
of religious men judged by their style, 237; the
theory of the best, 243; the grand style, 246;
literary style more difficult than colloquial, 250;
the moral of a choice style, 251; choice ideas
and words, 263; the corruption of, 263; an ex-
cuse for a heavy, 263; the style of immortality;
265; the grand, and something better, 266; the
style of superiority, 313.
— on matter and form, ix. 250; misconceptions based
on, 260-1 ; the bombastic, 278.
— prose and poetry, x. 125; on court language, and the
standard of style, 138; the style of the distrust-
ful, 201; mannerisms in, and what they betray,
218.
— Zarathustra discourses on Reading and Writing, xi.
43; a new speech cometh unto me . . . tired have
I become, like all creators, of the old tongues, 97.
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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STYLE—SUFFERING
Style, on the tempo of, xii. 41; instances of: Goethe,
Lessing, Machiavelli, and Aristophanes, 42;
the art of prose-writing, 203; lack of harmony
in German, 204; Luther's Bible as a master-
piece of, 205.
— Nietzsche on the formation of his prose style, xvi. 112.
— on the art of, xvii. 62-3; the seven seals quoted as
an example of, 64.
Subject, in the Ego, (C. Pt. i. Bk. iii. ) xv. 12-20; Nietzsche's
hypothesis, 18 ; psychological history and the con-
cept, 53-5; and materiality, 59.
Subject race, the, as having obtained the upper hand in
Europe, xiii. 25.
Subjective, the, the conquest of, demanded, i. 44.
— historical writing and the term, v. 51; Schiller and
the subjective value of history, 52.
Sublime Ones, The (Zarathustra's discourse), xi. 138-41.
Subordination, on, vi. 320.
Subterfuge, the Kantian and the Hegelian, xiv. 210-1.
Success, the power of, vi. 80.
— ever the greatest liar, xii. 245.
Sufferer, the, the guilt of the doer, not to be measured by
the pain of, vi. 86.
— the comparative rarity of, x. 85; whence arise the most
severe sufferings, 206; two kinds of—one from
overflowing vitality, the other from reduced
vitality, 332; romanticism responds to the latter,
333-
— The Pitiful (Zarathustra's discourse), xi. 102-5.
Suffering, man's rank almost determined by the amount
of his, viii. 77; disguises of, 78; uses of, 79.
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
Suffering, the morality of voluntary, ix. 24; no decisive ste:
forward without martyrdom and, 26; the brakt
on moral suffering, 38; on the experiences of the
sufferer, 116; indulgence in, 226; the courage
for, 285; proud sufferers—we gods in exile, 309
— on seeking for a worthy motive for action in, x. 90
Nietzsche names his suffering—my dog, 244
suffering of prophetic men illustrated by a simile
245; the secret nature of personal and profound
265; the necessity of, as a means to happiness
266.
— Zarathustra—what in the world hath caused n
suffering than the follies of the pitiful f xi. 105
— scepticism with regard to, among the chief causes o
the French Revolution, xii. 66; the disciplin
of great suffering, and its results, 171; the in
tellectual haughtiness and loathing induced byi
needs a disguise, 247; Epicurism as a form o
disguise for, 248.
— the infliction of, as a satisfaction, xiii. 73; ancien
judgments respecting the value of, 76; conceived
formerly as a source of happiness to the gods, 78.
— the profoundest concept of, xv. 161.
Suffrage, the right of universal, vii. 330.
Suicide, the question of, vi. 85; the prevention of, 88.
— on reasonable death, vii. 286.
— incurable criminals and, ix. 205.
— and Christianity, x. 173.
— so-called natural death as nothing else than suicide,
xvi. 89.
— See also under " Voluntary Death. "
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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SUN—SUPERMAN
fejg;; Sun, the, Zarathustra's apostrophe to, xi. 3; solar love—
;. |j,3- innocence and creative desire, 148; Zarathus-
jjjui;; tra's second apostrophe— thou great star—thou
ita deeP W of happiness, 398.
)(jjij Sunday, the English, its effects, xii. 109.
ji,. Sunrise, Before (Zarathustra's discourse), xi. 198-202.
jjju Super-animal, the, vi. 61.
pej Superficiality, the shrewd philosopher who makes his water
_ij[j muddy, xi. 211; the superficial adopters of
. _j( Nietzsche's mannerisms who lack depth charac-
terised as Zarathustra's ape, 214-7 , of apostates
. ^gt —whoever fisheth where there are no fish, I do
not even call him superficial, 220.
— as a preservative instinct, xii. 78; piety as a means
to, 79.
Super-historical power, defined, v. 95.
Superhuman passions, on the belief in, ix. 34.
Superior minds, an illusion incident to, vii. 361.
Superiority, the guarantees of, ix. 317.
Superman, the Schopenhauer man, v. 155.
. — the necessary preliminary step, vi. 11o.
— the task of the future, viii. 184; my religion, 187; a
dream, 189.
— the prayer of an aspirant, ix. 22; beliefs in the descent
of man from the divine, and in the ascent of man
to the divine, dismissed, 53; in hoc signo vinces,
94; the ideal of victorious wisdom, 204; where
are the poor in spirit, 321; the ideal man of
Epictetus, 377 ; we ceronauts of the intellect, 394.
— ultimate nobility of character in man, x. 89; a cate-
chism of,—a series of aphorisms, 209; pioneers
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII.
Gentalogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV. Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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IN DEX—NIETZSC H E
Suffering, the morality of voluntary, ix. 24; no decisive ste*
forward without martyrdom and, 26; the brak.
on moral suffering, 38; on the experiences of the
sufferer, 116; indulgence in, 226; the courage
for, 285 ; proud sufferers—we gods in exile, 309.
— on seeking for a worthy motive for action in, x. 90 .
Nietzsche names his suffering—my dog, 244;
suffering of prophetic men illustrated by a simile
245; the secret nature of personal and profound;
265; the necessity of, as a means to happiness
266.
— Zarathustra—what in the world hath caused more
suffering than the follies of the pitiful! xi. 105.
— scepticism with regard to, among the chief causes ol
the French Revolution, xii. 66; the discipline
of great suffering, and its results, 171 ; the in-
tellectual haughtiness and loathing induced by
needs a disguise, 247 ; Epicurism as a form ol
disguise for, 248.
— the infliction of, as a satisfaction, xiii. 73; ancient
judgments respecting the value of, 76; conceived
formerly as a source of happiness to the gods, 78.
— the profoundest concept of, xv. 161.
Suffrage, the right of universal, vii. 330.
Suicide, the question of, vi. 85; the prevention of, 88.
— on reasonable death, vii. 286.
— incurable criminals and, ix. 205.
— and Christianity, x. 173.
— so-called natural death as nothing else than suicide,
xvi. 89.
— See also under " Voluntary Death. "
.
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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SUN—SUPERMAN
Sun, the, Zarathustra's apostrophe to, xi. 3; solar love—
innocence and creative desire, 148; Zarathus-
tra's second apostrophe—thou great star—thou
deep eye of happiness, 398.
Sunday, the English, its effects, xii. 109.
Sunrise, Before (Zarathustra's discourse), xi. 198-202.
Super-animal, the, vi. 61.
Superficiality, the shrewd philosopher who makes his water
muddy, xi. 211; the superficial adopters of
Nietzsche's mannerisms who lack depth charac-
terised as Zarathustra's ape, 214-7 , of apostates
—whoever fisheth where there are no fish, I do
not even call him superficial, 220.
— as a preservative instinct, xii. 78; piety as a means
to, 79.
Super-historical power, defined, v. 95.
Superhuman passions, on the belief in, ix. 34.
Superior minds, an illusion incident to, vii. 361.
Superiority, the guarantees of, ix. 317.
Superman, the Schopenhauer man, v. 155.
— the necessary preliminary step, vi. 11o.
— the task of the future, viii. 184; my religion, 187; a
dream, 189.
— the prayer of an aspirant, ix. 2 2; beliefs in the descent
of man from the divine, and in the ascent of man
to the divine, dismissed, 53; in hoc signo vinces,
94; the ideal of victorious wisdom, 204; where
are the poor in spirit, 321; the ideal man of
Epictetus, 377 ; we ceronauts of the intellect, 394.
— ultimate nobility of character in man, x. 89; a cate-
chism of,—a series of aphorisms, 209; pioneers
Human, ii. VIII, Case of Wagner. IX, Dawn of Day. X, Joyful
Wisdom. XI, Zarathustra. XII, Beyond Good and Evil. XIII,
Gentalogy of Morals. XIV, Will to Power, i. XV, Will to Power,
ii. XVI, Antichrist. XVII, Ecce Homo.
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INDEX—NIETZSCHE
of, 218; Excelsior! —renunciation, 220; the
incarnation of a single lofty mood, 222; our
atmosphere, 227; the bearing of the historical
sentiment to victory, 264; we homeless ones—
children of the future in an impossible present—
our yeaI 342-6.
Superman, Zarathustra's discourse in the market-place—/
teach you the superman, xi. 6-9; / love him who
liveth in order to know, andseekethto know in order
that the superman may hereafter live, 10; where
the State ceaseth—the rainbow and the bridges
of the superman, 57; women! let your hope be—
may I bear the superman, 75; and the possessors
of the bestowing virtue, 89; God uncreatable—
superman creatable; God unconceivable—sup-
erman conceivable, 99; Zarathustra—the beauty
of the superman came to me as a shadow, 101;
the greatest and the smallest man all-too-similar
—verily, even the greatest found I all-too-human I
108; Zarathustra apostrophises the newly-found
well of his delight, 115; and as strong winds
will we live . . . neighbours to the eagles, neigh-
bours to the snow, neighbours to the sun: thus
live the strong winds, 116; versus revolution—
Zarathustra relates his story of the second fire-
dog, 159; the dragon that shall be worthy of
him, 174; Zarathustra's recapitulation of his
doctrine in old and new tables, 241; God is dead
—now do we desire superman to live, 351; the
evilest, as necessary for the superman's best,
353-
The volumes refrrred 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, 11. VI, Human, all-too-Human, i. VII, Human, ail-too-
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SUPERMAN
Superman, as the opposite ideal to pessimism, xii. 74; his
desire iox Eternal Recurrence, 74; theherdinstinct
and the art of command, 120; lofty instincts and
the morality born of fear, 124 ; our hope fixed in,
128-9 , the mission of, 129-31; and the struggle
for the dominion of the world, 146; the critical
trait in the philosophers of the future, 149-51;
as commander and law-giver, 152; the real
philosopher's definition of greatness, 155; the
corresponding gradations of rank between
psychic states and problems, 156; on preparing
the way for the coming of the philosopher, 157;
the task of, 181; first teachers of the conception
"higherman," 218-20; aphilosopher: definition,
258; the genius of the heart as possessed by, 260;
Nietzsche apostrophises his thoughts, 263.
— prophesied—the redeemer of great love and scorn,
xiii. 117.
— the class of man who will prove strongest in the new
order of rank, xiv. 53-4; distinguishing charac-
teristics of good Europeans, 106-8; the great
starting-point, 108; war against the Christian
ideal, 179 ; our claim to superiority, 180 ; as
fulfilling Christ's teaching most thoroughly, 180.
— and the separation of the luxurious surplus of man-
kind, xv. 305; that man for whom the turning
of mankind into a machine is the first condition
of existence, for whom the rest of mankind is but
soil on which he can devise his higher mode of ex-
istence, 306; the justification of—the levelling-
down species, 328; new barbarians—principal
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
standpoint, xv. 329; regarding favourable circum-
stances under which creatures of the highest
value might arise, 331; typical forms of self-
development, 332; the type of my disciples, 333;
the Lords of the Earth, 360-6; the Great Man,
366-8; the Roman Caesar with Christ's soul, 380;
not "mankind " but superman is the goal, 387;
to await and to prepare one's self. . . 419; a new
dawn, 420.
Superman, manifestations of lucky strokes, xvi. 129; the
overcoming of morality preparatory to, 263; new
teachers as preparatory stages, 265; the new
holiness—the renunciation of happiness and ease,
266-7; tne existence of two races side by side,
270; his creation, 270; the destiny of higher
men—the recurrence of supermen, 279; the
manner of his living—like an Epicurean god,
280.
— the word—its signification generally misunderstood,
xvii. 57; to be looked for rather in Caesar Borgia
than in Parsifal, 58; the concept of in Thus
spake Zarathustra, 108; would be regarded by
the good and the just as the devil, 137.
— See also under "Fearless Ones," "Free Spirits,"
"Nietzsche" and "Zarathustra. "
Superstition, an example of Chinese, vi. 120-1.
— natural consequences regarded as divine punishments
and mercies, ix. 39; the tortures of the soul,
and Christian superstition, 78.
Supper, The (Zarathustra's discourse), xi. 347-50.
Swabians, the, the best liars in Germany, xvi. 136.