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Full Idea
Is the pagan cult not a form of thanking and affirming life?
Gist of Idea
Paganism is a form of thanking and affirming life?
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Writings from Late Notebooks [1887], 14[89])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Writings from the Late Notebooks', ed/tr. Bittner,Rüdiger [CUP 2003], p.249
A Reaction
Yes, but it also centres on worries about life, such as potential famine and natural disasters. It is rooted as much in the negative of fear as in the positive of gratitude and appreciation.
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