Man is a beast of prey. Acute thinkers, like Montaigne and Nietzsche, have always known this. The life wisdom in the old fairy-tales and proverbs of all peasant and nomad folk; the smiling penetration characteristic of the great connoisseur of men, whether statesman or general,
merchant or judge, at the apex of a rich life; the despair of the world-improver who has failed; the invective of the angered priest—none of these even come close to wanting to deny or conceal this fact. Only the grave solemnity of idealist philosophers and other theologians
has lacked the courage to be open about what their hearts knew perfectly well: ideals are cowardice. #Spengler
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