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One may say, therefore, that these gods were the ideals of his culture. Now he has himself approached very near to realizing this ideal, he has nearly become a god himself. But only, it is true, in the way that ideals are usually realized in the general experience of humanity. Not completely; in some respects not at all, in others only by halves. Man has become a god by means of artificial limbs, so to speak, quite magnificent when equipped with all his accessory organs; but they do not grow on him and they still give him trouble at times Future ages will produce further great advances in this realm of culture, probably inconceivable now, and will increase man's likeness to a god still more.

But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere. In order to bear it we cannot dispense with palliative measures There are perhaps three such measures: powerful deflections, which cause us to make light of our misery; substitutive satisfactions, which diminish it; and intoxicating substances, which make us insensible to it.

They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions. Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men's actions. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear. Most users should sign in with their email address.

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Sign In. Advanced Search. Search Menu. Article Navigation. Close mobile search navigation Article Navigation. What a man wants is a woman. You want to be safe. What the government does is to try to retaliate after the fact. The answer to that question does not exist. It never does what you want it to. It leads to a land in which what is best for a man may be worst for another man, or what is best for a woman may be worst for a man.