[The Malady of the Century by Max Nordau]@TWC D-Link bookThe Malady of the Century CHAPTER VII 19/46
Schrotter after consideration, said: "Why do you separate a part of the eternal principle from itself ?" "To make its unity manifold through divisibility, to arrive at the consciousness of the 'ego,' through the creation of an absolute negation." "Your eternal principle then," said Schrotter, "appears to you like some lord or master, who is lonely because he is by himself in the world, and wishes to have the society of others." "Over this, however, is placed the creation of the negation arriving at the consciousness of its own 'ego,' in addition to the knowledge of the object it has in view; thus consciousness precedes the rest," said Wilhelm. Dorfling shook his head. "These objections are close reasoning.
You will find them answered in the book." "You are right," said Schrotter, "it is unfair to criticize before we have read the book.
I only want to make one remark, not in the sense of criticism, but rather to confirm a fact.
Your "Philosophy of Deliverance" is no other than a form of Christianity which looks upon the earth as a vale of tears, on life as a banishment, and on death as going home to the Father's house.
The theology of the Vatican would not find a hitch in your system." "Forgive me, doctor," answered Dorfling.
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