back to ideas for this text


Single Idea 20245

[from 'Dawn (Daybreak)' by Friedrich Nietzsche, in 29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity ]

Full Idea

You can say what you like: Christianity wanted to liberate humanity from the burden of the demands of morality by pointing out a shorter way to perfection, or so it believed.

Gist of Idea

Christianity hoped for a short cut to perfection, that skipped the hard labour of morality

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Dawn (Daybreak) [1881], 059)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Dawn (Daybreak)', ed/tr. Smith, Brittain [Stanford 2011], p.43


A Reaction

This conjures up Graham Greene's Catholic heroes, who wallow in sin, but hope for salvation at the last moment.