Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-07

ne maintained that the evil OutWt ,kEt.
. he good and taught that true hapgi
ness would be impossible until iaai
became able TO hill VIII with VIII
hat g. to say. until the VIII TO Lly,
was willed out Of existence and mar
-educed himself. Voluntarily. 20 asceti
cism.
But asce.ici - s7ld no attraction.
'or Nietzsche. His was not the type
of intellect that submits tamely "a
prescription: ard. while he readily &C
cepted Schopenhauc-'s premise OF the
WIN to Live. he very quickl. diyerro
from him a 10 the conclusions 20 BE-
drawn therefrom lie hold. on the COO
trary. that true happiness. or az aa-
rate true heroism. lay in stir nccScd
indifference toward all "the Ills that
hesh Is heir to-" and particularly. FL
the annexation OF whatsoever deslr.
able thiBgs one could find. rsgardless
" any others claims. or rights 20
them. His "Za-sihustra." discoursins
Of the superman. exclaims:
why so soft, 80 Jeader. SO concil,.
atory? Why Is such self denial IN your
hearts? Such little consciousness Of
destiny In your look? This new table.
O my brethren. | write above you:
BECOME HARD!"
There was but one logical develop
mcnt for a man % N.e;zscho's type.
given such starting point. He be
came the supreme esoist OF all age I.
and in rs blafng DErtlsm crys'alli-ct
into definite and coherent propositions
100 'L0-s Grant ard D.. 5ouiuuF ,r,on
..e'.e- which hl. characterized g. ar
man Thought. lie gave 20 the GCrmanic
gh.!o.o phy .'s fuli and final expires.
Son
% was thus that Germany found IN
Frederick Metz che The fr.r
policeman On. .. .r. ',g OF .u
49, De- uye.m. at one. .Ha Bod. ...
t.a ldn.ni-.H'o- ., .lI reyo,'E o.. ls.
teicscy and 5,eoacy lie v.s CON.
ri,Jed. absolutely and wholehearie :
81. 20 iconoclasm These revolutionary
Tendencies lad Ions sheltered in The
shadows gl ..o GC.man uuiversit!-s,
aHl % remained oaly for later days to
bring forth one who might declare
them "as one having authority" IL
the halfmad. ego-ridden Nietzsche.
with his brain OF lava and his pen OF
fame. Germanic philosophy found its
spokesman
To other peoples Nietzsche was
merely a phenomenon. His writings
were 10 be read and admired for their
laundering and flaming rhetoric. They
were not 10 be accepted literally: they
were too subyersiye OF all that civlliza-
ton stood for. No man. II was felt.
could so write OF these things and real
ly mean exactly what he wrote. A
legion OF reviewers swarmed over his
books. adapting. constituting. inte.pye'.
ing. each according 10 his own fancy.
the passionate fulminations OF ta.5
past master OF inyectiye
But 10 Germany. or az least 10 the
leaders OF German thought. Nietzsche
spake as a prophet. In their ears lie
scathing doctrines became. not rhet.
ORC. but religion. And his vision OF
the superman, ruthless. hard. taking
without scruple, iniuring vithou,
qualm. a law unto himself-this was
the false god after which Germany
went ayidly as'ray
In our present civilized world" de
clared Nietzsche. we know only the
DEGENERATE criminal the
criminal who distrus,s himself. who
often seeks 10 belittle and excuse his
act; and We try to forget tina, EVERY
GREAT MAN WAS A CRIMINAL.
only not In miserable style. but In
great style. We frrget that EVERY
GREAT ACT IS A CRIME"
And 30 We md our iconoclast, who
began with accepting Schopenkauer'
harmless VIII 20 Live. evolving the
WIN TO Power he no longer hold
merely that "scli.preservation is ns
lures first law. he proclaims that n
II right and lawful that he who car
shall take whatever he will-proyided
only that Il adds TO and does not de
tract from his ability TO take yet NOR,
ruthlessly whatever his neighbor ma,
have that ploases his sovereign fancy
Nietzsche had reached the point wher,
he held himself above the moral Law
and reversed. or tried to reverse. al
accepted standards Of right and
wrong.
Nor did he cease with this: for n,
prophet. perforce. must Justify hi
prophecy In the closing chapter OF nj
book. Der Anti.Crrist." he scaled IN,
very summit OF blasphemous presump
ton and gave free and final rein I,
his furious invectiye. Here he writes
81 condemn Christianity. I brinl
against Il the most terrible Of accuse
tions that ever an aecuser put int
words. II il 10 me the greatest OF al
imaginable corrup,ions Il has LET
nothing untouched by It's depravity |
has made a sorthlessness out OF ever,
value. a lie out OF every truth. a sil
out OF everything straightforward
healthy and hone.A II lives by pair
and woe; Il has created pain and woe
In order 10 perpetuate itself. II invent