Linked from Essay III, Section 13: "You will see my point: this ascetic priest, this apparent enemy of life, this denier - precisely his is among the greatest conserving and yes - creating forces of life." |
[T]he
man of ressentiment is neither upright nor naive nor honest
and straightforward with himself. His soul squints; his spirit
loves hiding places, secret paths and back doors, every covert
entices him as his world, his security, his refreshment; he understands
how to keep silent, From Genealogy, Essay I, Section 11, p. 38-39 Reader's Question
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Joseph's Rise to Power and the Ascetic Priest Linked from Essay III, Section 13: "...this ascetic priest, this apparent enemy of life, this denier - precisely his is among the greatest conserving and yes - creating forces of life." |
And the seven years of the plenty that had been in the land of Egypt came to an end. And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said, and there was famine in all the lands, but in the land of Egypt there was bread. And all the land of Egypt was hungry and the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all of Egypt, 'Go to Joseph. What he says to you, you must do.'" Genesis 41:53-55 Reader's Questions
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