The Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

"The duel between Nietzsche and civilisation is long since over; and that high poet and calamitous philosopher is now to be judged as he appears in the serene atmosphere of history, which-need it be said?-he infinitely despised. The crowd, the common herd, the multitude-which he also despised-has recorded its verdict with its usual generosity to the dead, and that verdict happens to be an ample revenge. It has dismissed Nietzsche's ideas in order to praise his images. It has conceded him in...