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    "title": "The Gay Science",
    "author": "Friedrich Nietzsche",
    "date": "1882; expanded edition in 1887",
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    "learning": "To read The Gay Science, name the attacked value, recover its target and period, then test a counter-perspective without turning provocation into dogma.",
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            "text": "141. Zu orientalisch. — Wie? Ein Gott, der die Menschen liebt, vorausgesetzt, dass sie an ihn glauben, und der fürchterliche Blicke und Drohungen gegen Den schleudert, der nicht an diese Liebe glaubt! Wie? eine verclausulirte Liebe als die Empfindung eines allmächtigen Gottes! Eine Liebe, die nicht einmal über das Gefühl der Ehre und der gereizten Rachsucht Herr geworden ist! Wie orientalisch ist das Alles! „Wenn ich dich liebe, was geht’s dich an?“ ist schon eine ausreichende Kritik des ganzen Christenthums.",
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            "text": "141. Too Oriental. What? A God who loves men, provided that they believe in him, and who hurls terrible looks and threats at anyone who does not believe in this love! What? A love hedged about with conditions as the feeling of an almighty God! A love that has not even mastered the sense of honor and irritated vindictiveness! How Oriental all this is! “If I love you, what business is it of yours?” is already a sufficient critique of the whole of Christianity.",
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            "text": "141. Trop oriental. - Comment ? Un Dieu qui aime les hommes, à condition qu’ils croient en lui, et qui lance des regards terribles et des menaces contre celui qui ne croit pas à cet amour ! Comment ? Un amour assorti de clauses comme sentiment d’un Dieu tout-puissant ! Un amour qui n’est même pas parvenu à dominer le sentiment de l’honneur et la soif de vengeance irritée ! Comme tout cela est oriental ! « Si je t’aime, en quoi cela te regarde-t-il ? » constitue déjà une critique suffisante de tout le christianisme.",
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