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141 Too Oriental. & 142 Frankincense. BOOK THREE

139 The color of the passions. & 140 Too Jewish. BOOK THREE

137 Speaking in a parable. & 138 Christ's error. BOOK THREE

135 Origin of sin. & 136 The chosen people. BOOK THREE

134 Pessimists as victims. BOOK THREE

“Does my happiness itself sit in this quiet place—my happier ego, my second, departed self? Not to be dead and yet no longer be alive? A spiritlike being: quietly observing, gliding, floating?… Yes! To move OVER existence!”

“Magnanimity contains the same degree of egoism as does revenge, but egoism of a different quality.”

131 Christianity and suicide. & 132 Against Christianity. & 133 Principle. BOOK THREE

128 The voice of prayer. & 129 The conditions for God. & 130 A dangerous resolve. BOOK THREE

So difficult but so fruitful

“Whether benefiting or hurting others involves sacrifices for us does not affect the ultimate value of our actions. Even if we offer our lives, as martyrs do for their church, this is a sacrifice that is offered for OUR desire of power or for the purpose of preserving our feeling of power.”

127 Aftereffects of the most ancient religiosity. BOOK THREE