A certain man wishes to be a prince
Of this earth; he also wants to be
A saint and master of the being-world.
Conscience cannot exist in the first:
The second cannot exist without conscience.
Therefore he, who has enough conscience
To be disturbed but not enough to be
Compelled, can neither reject the one
Nor follow the other…
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Ah, philosophy in such a short piece. But, I disagree with 'we' all want to be 'saints' and 'masters' I don't particularly. Maybe of his time they did.
A good piece here.
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