The Dawn of Day

The most moral man is he who makes the greatest sacrifices to morality; but what are the greatest sacrifices?

Where there is no tradition there is no morality; and the less life is governed by tradition, the narrower the circle of morality.

The free man is immoral, because it is his will to depend upon himself and not upon tradition: in all the primitive states of humanity “evil” is equivalent to “individual,” “free,” “arbitrary,” “unaccustomed,” “unforeseen,” “incalculable.”

Consequence as Adjuvant Cause.—Formerly the consequences of an action were considered, not as the result of that action, but a voluntary adjuvant—i.e. on the part of God. Can a greater confusion be imagined? Entirely different practices and means have to be brought into use for actions and effects!