Beyond Good and Evil — Page 7
6. It has gradually become clear to me what every great philosophy up till now has consisted of--namely, the confession of its originator, and a species of involuntary and unconscious auto-biography; and moreover that the moral (or immoral) purpose in every philosophy has constituted the true vital germ out of which the entire plant has always grown.
6. Es ist mir allmählich klar geworden, woraus jede große Philosophie bisher bestanden hat – nämlich aus dem Bekenntnis ihres Urhebers und einer Art unwillkürlicher und unbewusster Autobiographie; und überdies, dass der moralische (oder unmoralische) Zweck in jeder Philosophie den eigentlichen Lebenskeim ausgemacht hat, aus dem die ganze Pflanze stets gewachsen ist.
Vocabulary
- allmählich
- Gradually, slowly over time.
- klar
- Clear, evident, or obvious.
- woraus
- From which, out of what.
- Philosophie
- Philosophy, the study of fundamental questions.
- bisher
- Until now, up to this point.
- bestanden
- Consisted of, was composed of something.
- nämlich
- Namely, that is to say, specifically.
- Bekenntnis
- Confession, avowal, or declaration of belief.
- Urhebers
- Author, originator, or creator of something.
- Art
- Type, kind, or manner of something.
- unwillkürlicher
- Involuntary, instinctive, not deliberately controlled.
- unbewusster
- Unconscious, unaware, not consciously intended.
- Autobiographie
- Autobiography, a self-written life account.
- überdies
- Moreover, besides, in addition to that.
- moralische
- Moral, relating to ethics and right conduct.
- unmoralische
- Immoral, contrary to moral principles or ethics.
- Zweck
- Purpose, aim, or goal of something.
- eigentlichen
- Actual, real, or true in the proper sense.
- Lebenskeim
- Life's germ, essential seed of living development.
- ausgemacht
- Determined, constituted, or made up entirely.
- Pflanze
- Plant, a living organism that grows.
- stets
- Always, constantly, at all times.
- gewachsen
- Grown, past participle of 'wachsen' (to grow).
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