Could the Epicurean will hostile to pessimism be merely the prudence of a suffering man? And even scientific enquiry itself, our science—indeed, what does all scientific enquiry in general mean considered as a symptom of life? What is the point of all that science and, even more serious, where did it come from? What about that? Is scientific scholarship perhaps only a fear and an excuse in the face of pessimism, a delicate self-defence against—the Truth? And speaking morally, something like cowardice and falsehood? Speaking unmorally, a clever trick? Oh, Socrates, Socrates, was that perhaps your secret? Oh you secretive ironist, was that perhaps your—irony?

                                                     1. Worth Adversary
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                                                2. Tempting Courage -> 4. Dionysian Phenomenon -> 5. Birth of Tragedy -> 6. Frenzied Instinct of Anarchy
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                                                                       3. Assess Powers

Dionysus 1, 2, 3

Sing O Muse! 4

Apollo 5, 6

                                                               1. Evil
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                                                       2. Foreseeth -> 4. Crieth 1:20 -> 5. Hideth 22:3 -> 6. Morality
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                                                                       3. Prudence