تقول “أنا”، وتشعر بالفخر لهذه الكلمة، لكن ما هو أعظم هو ذلك الذي لا تريد أن تؤمن به، جسدك وعقله الكبير: ذلك العقل لا يقول “أنا”، بل يفعل “أنا”ا - Friedrich Nietzsche

According to the old story, King Midas had long hunted wise Silenus, Dionysus' companion, without catching him. When Silenus had finally fallen into his clutches, the king asked him what was the best and most desirable thing of all for mankind. The daemon stood still, stiff and motionless, until at last, forced by the king, he gave a shrill laugh and spoke these words: 'Miserable, ephemeral race, children of hazard and hardship, why do you force me to say what it would be much more fruitful for you not to hear? The best of all things is something entirely outside your grasp: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second-best thing for you — is to die soon.'

But like infection is the petty thought: it creeps and hides, and wants to be nowhere — until the whole body is decayed and withered by the petty infection... Thus spoke Zarathustra.

There still shines the most important nuance by virtue of which the noble felt themselves to be men of a higher rank. They designate themselves simply by their superiority in power (as "the powerful," "the masters," "the commanders") or by the most clearly visible signs of this superiority, for example, as "the rich," "the possessors" (this is the meaning of 'Arya,' and of corresponding words in Iranian and Slavic).