"Neid und Eifersucht sind die Schamtheile der menschlichen Seele [Envy and jealousy are the privy parts of the human soul]."

— Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900)

Author

Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900)

Work Title

Human, All Too Human

Date
1878, 1879, 1880
Metaphor
"Neid und Eifersucht sind die Schamtheile der menschlichen Seele [Envy and jealousy are the privy parts of the human soul]."
Metaphor in Context
503 Neid und Eifersucht. -- Neid und Eifersucht sind die Schamtheile der menschlichen Seele. Die Vergleichung kann vielleicht fortgesetzt werden.

[503 Envy and jealously. -- Envy and jealousy are the privy [pubic] parts of the human soul. The comparison can perhaps be extended. (p. 181)]
Categories
Body::Private Parts
Provenance
Reading Gordon Marino's "The Upside of Envy," in The New York Times (May 4, 2018). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Citation
Text from Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, trans. R.J. Hollingdale (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996).

See also Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister (Verlag von Ernst Schmeitzner, 1878). <Link to Project Gutenberg>
Date of Entry
05/09/2018

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.