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Ibsen and Nietzsche.(Henrik Ibsen and Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche)(Viewpoint essay)

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From: Scandinavian Studies
Date: 20060922
Author:Van Laan, Thomas F.

EINE GANZE Gattung des bosartigsten "Idealismus'--der ubrigens auch bei Mannern vorkommt, zum Beispiel bei Henrik Ibsen, dieser typischen alten Jungfrau--hat das Ziel, das gute Gewissen, die Natur in der Geschlechtsliebe zu vergiften. (Nietzsche, Ecce Homo, KGW 6.3. 304-5, after a diatribe against the emancipation of women)

One whole species of the most malignant "idealism"--which, incidentally, is also encountered among men; for example, in Henrik Ibsen, this typical old virgin--aims to poison the good conscience, what is natural in sexual love. (EH 111: [section] 5)

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