When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession

Nietzsche thought that the psychic pain that often overwhelms us as we make our way through the haunted wood impels us to identify an enemy or hate-figure on whom we can vent our revenge for the sufferings we are undergoing.

“All that I love now, Friedrich, is the thought that I have fulfilled my duty toward others.” “Duty? Can duty take precedence over your love for yourself and for your own quest for unconditional freedom? If you have not attained yourself, then ‘duty’ is merely a euphemism for using others for your own enlargement.”