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This Demand Follows From An Insight That I Was The First To Articulate: That There Are No Moral Facts.

Lust And Self-mutilation Are Closely Related Impulses. There Are Also Self-mutilators Among Knowers: They Do Not Want To Be Creators Under Any Circumstances.

Reckoned Physiologically, Everything Ugly Weakens And Afflicts Man. It Recalls Decay, Danger, Impotence; He Actually Suffers A Loss Of Energy In Its Presence. The Effect Of The Ugly Can Be Measured With A Dynamometer. Whenever Man Feels In Any Way Depressed, He Senses The Proximity Of Something Ugly. His Feeling Of Power, His Will To Power, His Courage, His Pride - They Decline With The Ugly, They Increase With The Beautiful.

Praise Is More Obtrusive Than A Reproach.

If God Had Wanted To Become An Object Of Love, He Would First Of All Have Had To Forgo Judging And Justice : A Judge, And Even A Gracious Judge, Is No Object Of Love.