At The Present Moment, The Security Of

The Socratic Teacher Turns His Students Away From Himself And Back Onto Themselves; He Hides In Paradoxes, Makes Himself Inaccessible. The Intimate Relationship Between Student And Teacher Here Is Not One Of Submission, But Of A Contest For Truth.

Even Scientific Knowledge, If There Is Anything To It, Is Not A Random Observation Of Random Objects; For The Critical Objectivity Of Significant Knowledge Is Attained As A Practice Only Philosophically In Inner Action.

The Soul Of A Landscape, The Spirits Of The Elements, The Genius Of Every Place Will Be Revealed To A Loving View Of Nature.

The History Of Philosophy Is Not, Like The History Of The Sciences, To Be Studied With The Intellect Alone. That Which Is Receptive In Us And That Which Impinges Upon Us From History Is The Reality Of Man's Being, Unfolding Itself In Thought.

With The Disintegration Of All That [nietzsche] Had Revered, Existence, To Him, Had Become A Desert In Which Only One Thing Remained, Namely That Which Had Relentlessly Forced Him Into This Path: Truthfulness That Knows No Limits And Is Not Subject To Any Condition.