Human Development Is A Form Of Chronological

False Gods Must Be Repudiated, But That Is Not All: The Reasons For Their Existence Must Be Sought Beneath Their Masks.

All Religions Have Based Morality On Obedience, That Is To Say, On Voluntary Slavery. That Is Why They Have Always Been More Pernicious Than Any Political Organization. For The Latter Makes Use Of Violence, The Former - Of The Corruption Of The Will.

Modern Western Thought Will Pass Into History And Be Incorporated In It, Will Have Its Influence And Its Place, Just As Our Body Will Pass Into The Composition Of Grass, Of Sheep, Of Cutlets, And Of Men.

Strong Drink Stupefies A Man And Makes It Possible For Him To Forget; It Gives Him An Artificial Cheeriness, An Artificial Excitement; And The Pleasure Of This State Is Increased By The Low Level Of Civilization And The Narrow Empty Life To Which These Men Are Confined.

We Have Wasted Our Spirit In The Regions Of The Abstract And General Just As The Monks Let It Wither In The World Of Prayer And Contemplation.