Friedrich_Nietzsche - Untimely_Meditations_(Cambridge_Texts_in_the_History_of_Philosophy__1997)

Friedrich_Nietzsche - Untimely_Meditations_(Cambridge_Texts_in_the_History_of_Philosophy__1997) Friedrich_Nietzsche - Untimely_Meditations_(Cambridge_Texts_in_the_History_of_Philosophy__1997)

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Notesp. 151, 1. 10 Typhon under Etna: According to Greek mythology,Typhon - described variously as a hurricane, a fire-breathinggiant and a monster with 100 heads - was buried beneathMount Etna.p. 152, 1. 25 Catilinist: Lucius Sergius Catiline (c. 108-62 Be) was arevolutionary conspirator who led an abortive coup againstRome.p. 153, 1. 20 suffering: This passage from Meister Eckhart(1260-328) (Werke, ed. Franz Pfeiffer [1857] , vol. 1, p. 492) isquoted by Nietzsche from Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille undVorstellung (1844) (The World as Will and Representation) , vol. 2,ch. 48.p. 160, 1. 40 no other use: Goethe's letter to Charlotte von Stein, 3March 1785.p. 164, 1. 10 rightful path: An allusion to Goethe's Faust, Pt. I,328-9.p. 167, 1. 40 catches fire: Wagner, 'Uber das Dirigieren' ('OnConducting'), in Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen (1871-3),vol. 8, p. 387.p. 172, 1. 25 empty stomach: Quoted from Goethe's German translationof Diderot's Rameau 's Nephew.p. 179, 1. 37 Schopenhauer: See Parerga und Paralipomena, vol. 2,§ 19l.p. 184, 1. 6 on university philosophy: In Schopenhauer, Parergaund Paralipomena, vol. 1.p. 184, 1. 23 Ceramicus: A famous cemetery in Athens.p. 189, 1. 26 Voyage to· Laputa: See ]. Swift, Gulliver's Travels(1726), Pt. III, ch. 2.p. 190, 1. 5 Herbartians: The followers of Johann FriedrichHerbart.p. 192, 1. 18 possessed over all others: See Schopenhauer'spreface to the first edition of The World as Will and Representation.p. 199, 1. 17 silence of the Pythagoreans: See Diogenes Laertius,Lives of the Eminent Philosophers VII.10, for a description of thelong silence imposed upon Pythagoras' students.p. 202, 1. 15 showed him the path: See Wagner, 'Eine Meittheilungan meine Freunde' ('A Communication to My Friends'),Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 4, p. 325.p. 202, 1. 23 Brilnnhilde: These are all characters from Wagnerianoperas, including Rienzi, The Flying Dutchman, Tannhiiuser,Lohengrin, Tristan and Isolde, The Meistersinger and the four parts263

Notesof The Ring of the Niebelungen. Other characters are alluded tolater. Indeed, a deep and detailed familiarity with Wagner'swork is simply presupposed by Nietzsche below, with explicitand implicit allusions and references to Wager's writings andmusical compositions, few of which are actually identified byNietzsche himself.p. 205, 1. 9 an idea of Schopenhauer's: See The World as Will andRepresentation, vol. 1, § 58.p. 206, 1. 30 reformation not revolution: Nietzsche here echoes aclaim made about the Germans in Wagner's Beethoven,Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 9, p. 105) .p. 214, 1. 14 the life of modern man: See Wagner, 'Zukunftsmusik'(,Future Music'), Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 7, p. 150.p. 215, 1. 32 transformed in love: For this paragraph, see Wagner,'Opern und Drama' (,Opera and Drama'), Gesammelte Schriften,vol. 4, pp. 122-3.p. 217, 1. 2 world of the present: See Wagner, '-eTber musikalischeKritik' ('Concerning Musical Crititism'), Gesammelte Schriften,vol. 5, pp. 74-8.p. 219, 1. 33 nil admirari: 'to wonder at nothing'. From Horace,Epistles, LVI.l: 'to wonder at nothing is perhaps the only thingthat can make a man happy and keep him so'.p. 223, 1. 23 the appearance of a body: See Wagner, 'DasKunstwerk der Zukunft' (,The Artwork of the Future'),Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 3, p. 114.p. 223, 1. 36 reformers took Christianity: See Wagner, 'Brief aneinen italienischen Freund' (,Letter to an Italian Friend'),Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 9, p. 344.p. 224, 1. 27 to another community: Plato, Republic, IIL398a.p. 224, 1. 40 had to grow blind: See Goethe, Faust, Pt. II,11495-510.p. 225, 1. 26 course of his own life: See Wagner, 'Uber Staat undReligion' ('Concerning State and Religion'), GesammelteSchriften, vol. 8, pp. 7-9.p. 226, 1. 5 in fiery arms: A loose citation from Goethe's poem'Der Gott und die Bejadere'.p. 227, 1. 34 it quite in order: A paraphrase of a passage fromGoethe, Aus meinem Leben: Fragmentarisches (Fragments from MyLife) , Siimmtliche Werke (1857) , vol. 27, p. 507.p. 228, 1. 8 direction of its home: That is, toward Paris, whereWagner lived from 1839 to 1842.264

Notesp. 151, 1. 10 Typhon under Etna: Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Greek mythology,Typhon - described variously as a hurricane, a fire-breath<strong>in</strong>ggiant and a monster with 100 heads - was buried beneathMount Etna.p. 152, 1. 25 Catil<strong>in</strong>ist: Lucius Sergius Catil<strong>in</strong>e (c. 108-62 Be) was arevolutionary conspirator who led an abortive coup aga<strong>in</strong>stRome.p. 153, 1. 20 suffer<strong>in</strong>g: This passage from Meister Eckhart(1260-328) (Werke, ed. Franz Pfeiffer [1857] , vol. 1, p. 492) isquoted by <strong>Nietzsche</strong> from Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille undVorstellung (1844) (The World as Will and Representation) , vol. 2,ch. 48.p. 160, 1. 40 no o<strong>the</strong>r use: Goe<strong>the</strong>'s letter to Charlotte von Ste<strong>in</strong>, 3March 1785.p. 164, 1. 10 rightful path: An allusion to Goe<strong>the</strong>'s Faust, Pt. I,328-9.p. 167, 1. 40 catches fire: Wagner, 'Uber das Dirigieren' ('OnConduct<strong>in</strong>g'), <strong>in</strong> Gesammelte Schriften und Dichtungen (1871-3),vol. 8, p. 387.p. 172, 1. 25 empty stomach: Quoted from Goe<strong>the</strong>'s German translation<strong>of</strong> Diderot's Rameau 's Nephew.p. 179, 1. 37 Schopenhauer: See Parerga und Paralipomena, vol. 2,§ 19l.p. 184, 1. 6 on university philosophy: In Schopenhauer, Parergaund Paralipomena, vol. 1.p. 184, 1. 23 Ceramicus: A famous cemetery <strong>in</strong> A<strong>the</strong>ns.p. 189, 1. 26 Voyage to· Laputa: See ]. Swift, Gulliver's Travels(1726), Pt. III, ch. 2.p. 190, 1. 5 Herbartians: The followers <strong>of</strong> Johann <strong>Friedrich</strong>Herbart.p. 192, 1. 18 possessed over all o<strong>the</strong>rs: See Schopenhauer'spreface to <strong>the</strong> first edition <strong>of</strong> The World as Will and Representation.p. 199, 1. 17 silence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pythagoreans: See Diogenes Laertius,Lives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Em<strong>in</strong>ent Philosophers VII.10, for a description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>long silence imposed upon Pythagoras' students.p. 202, 1. 15 showed him <strong>the</strong> path: See Wagner, 'E<strong>in</strong>e Meit<strong>the</strong>ilungan me<strong>in</strong>e Freunde' ('A Communication to My Friends'),Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 4, p. 325.p. 202, 1. 23 Brilnnhilde: These are all characters from Wagnerianoperas, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Rienzi, The Fly<strong>in</strong>g Dutchman, Tannhiiuser,Lohengr<strong>in</strong>, Tristan and Isolde, The Meisters<strong>in</strong>ger and <strong>the</strong> four parts263

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