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Full Idea
The primitive church fought against the 'intelligent' in favour of the 'poor in spirit': how could one expect from it an intelligent war against passion?
Gist of Idea
How could the Church intelligently fight against passion if it preferred poorness of spirit to intelligence?
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 4.1)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.42