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    "title": "Human, All Too Human I",
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            "text": "244. In der Nachbarschaft des Wahnsinns. — Die Summe der Empfindungen, Kenntnisse, Erfahrungen, also die ganze Last der Cultur, ist so gross geworden, dass eine Ueberreizung der Nerven- und Denkkräfte die allgemeine Gefahr ist, ja dass die cultivirten Classen der europäischen Länder durchweg neurotisch sind und fast jede ihrer grösseren Familien in einem Gliede dem Irrsinn nahe gerückt ist. Nun kommt man zwar der Gesundheit jetzt auf alle Weise entgegen; aber in der Hauptsache bleibt eine Verminderung jener Spannung des Gefühls, jener niederdrückenden Cultur-Last vonnöthen, welche, wenn sie selbst mit schweren Einbussen erkauft werden sollte, uns doch zu der grossen Hoffnung einer neuen Renaissance Spielraum giebt. Man hat dem Christenthum, den Philosophen, Dichtern, Musikern eine Ueberfülle tief erregter Empfindungen zu danken: damit diese uns nicht überwuchern, müssen wir den Geist der Wissenschaft beschwören, welcher im Ganzen etwas kälter und skeptischer macht und namentlich den Gluthstrom des Glaubens an letzte endgültige Wahrheiten abkühlt; er ist vornehmlich durch das Christenthum so wild geworden.",
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            "text": "244. In the Vicinity of Madness. The sum of sensations, knowledge, and experiences, thus the entire burden of culture, has become so great that overstimulation of the nervous and intellectual powers is the general danger; indeed, the cultivated classes of the European countries are neurotic throughout, and almost every one of their larger families has, in one member, drawn close to insanity. Health is now assisted in every possible way, to be sure, but what remains chiefly necessary is a reduction of that tension of feeling, that oppressive burden of culture, which, even if it had to be purchased at the price of heavy losses, would nonetheless give us scope for the great hope of a new Renaissance. To Christianity, philosophers, poets, and musicians we owe an overabundance of deeply agitated feelings. To prevent these from overgrowing us, we must invoke the spirit of science, which on the whole makes us somewhat colder and more skeptical, and in particular cools the torrent of ardor in the belief in ultimate and final truths. It has become so wild chiefly through Christianity.",
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            "text": "244. Au voisinage de la folie. - La somme des sensations, des connaissances, des expériences, c’est-à-dire tout le poids de la culture, est devenue si grande qu’une surexcitation des forces nerveuses et intellectuelles constitue le danger général ; à vrai dire, les classes cultivées des pays européens sont partout névrosées et presque chacune de leurs grandes familles compte l’un de ses membres qui s’est rapproché de la démence. Certes, on vient aujourd’hui en aide à la santé de toutes les manières ; mais, pour l’essentiel, il demeure nécessaire de réduire cette tension du sentiment, ce poids accablant de la culture, réduction qui, même si elle devait être achetée au prix de lourdes pertes, nous laisse néanmoins espérer largement une nouvelle Renaissance. Nous devons au christianisme, aux philosophes, aux poètes et aux musiciens une surabondance de sentiments profondément excités : pour qu’ils ne nous envahissent pas, nous devons invoquer l’esprit de la science, qui, dans l’ensemble, rend un peu plus froid et plus sceptique et, en particulier, refroidit le torrent ardent de la croyance aux vérités dernières et définitives ; c’est principalement le christianisme qui l’a rendu si sauvage.",
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