Pessimism Of The Spirit; Optimism Of The

Driving Forward Is The Chief Characteristic Of Western Man Since The Sumerians. His Dread Triad Of Vices Is Property-holding, Voraciousness, And Lust.

The Challenge Of Modernity Is To Live Without Illusions And Without Becoming Disillusioned.

From The Moment When A Subordinate Class Becomes Really Independent And Dominant, Calling Into Being A New Type Of State, The Need Arises Concretely, Of Building A New Intellectual And Moral Order, I.e. A New Type Of Society, And Hence The Need To Elaborate The Most Universal Concepts, The Most Refined And Decisive Ideological Weapons.

The Starting-point Of Critical Elaboration Is The Consciousness Of What One Really Is, And Is 'knowing Thyself'as A Product Of The Historical Processes To Date, Which Has Deposited In You An Infinity Of Traces, Without Leaving An Inventory.

Socialism Is Precisely The Religion That Must Overwhelm Christianity. … In The New Order, Socialism Will Triumph By First Capturing The Culture Via Infiltration Of Schools, Universities, Churches And The Media By Transforming The Consciousness Of Society.