Facta Ficta

vitam impendere vero

Nietzsche thinking

[JGB-49]

That which is so astonishing in the religious life of the...

That which is so astonishing in the religious life of the ancient Greeks is the irrestrainable stream of GRATITUDE which it pours forth--it is a very superior kind of man who takes SUCH an attitude towards nature and life.--Later on, when the populace got the upper hand in Greece, FEAR became rampant also in religion; and Christianity was preparing itself.