From: Tristich-AT-aol.com
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 17:56:10 EDT
Subject: Re: Appropos of Nietzsche's Terms


Engineer-man writes:

> >>>  Uh Fritz, could you define megalomania in Nietzsche's terms?
>  >
>  >By the purest chance I have come across Nietzsche's use of "megalomania."
>  It's
>  >in THE ANTICHRIST, §44.  I've not been able to check the original German,
>  but
>  >both the Kauffman and the H.L. Mencken translations have it so.
>  >
>  >"Megalomania," as used here, is a "conscious conceit" whereby "little
>  >miscarriages of prigs and liars" (Mencken has it as "little abortions of
>  >bigots and liars") "claim for themselves the concepts of God, truth,
light,
>  >spirit, love, wisdom, life -- as synonyms for themselves, as it were, in
>  order
>  >to define themselves against 'the world': little superlative Jews, ripe
for
>  >every kind of madhouse, turned all values around in their own image . . .
"
>  >
>  >Even if I do say so myself, Nietzsche's use of the term could also be
>  applied
>  >to prigs and liars who claim for themselves the concepts of "free spirit,"
>  the
>  >"ubermensche," even the ghost of Nietzsche himself.  It seems to me that
it
>  >fits you to a tee.
>  >
>  >As for betting gross W2, I'm beginning to wonder . . . are you employed?
>  >
>  >Fritz
>  
>  
>  Sorry, Fritz, can't go with you there on that one, too much of a stretch.
>  Good example of how to screw up a translation though. 

Okay, smart-guy, how's it supposed to be translated?

Fritz


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