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mostly short thoughts
The book was a bit strange for me at first. I do not think of creating a large number of characters and animals to populate imiginary situations, and it is more absurd to think along the lines of a death trip which gets stuck in reverse, so nothing ever dies, and the greatest soul wishes to be many animals all at once instead of being reincarnated as steps in experiencing all existence. Nietzsche finally got dragged into the picture on page 79 in opposition to the sanctity of every life, but Nietzsche is hardly getting blamed for "All the dying up to the present was nothing but judicial murder, carried out thousands and thousands of times and for which I cannot find any legalization. What do I care about the multitude of precedents, what do I care that not one single being has stayed alive since the very beginning! Nietzsche's attacks are like a gust of poisonous air, but one which cannot harm me: I inhale it with pride and exhale it with disdain, and I pity him for the immortality which awaits him." (p. 81). ... Read more