The Will of the Spirit to Appropriate Foreign Elements

Even the seeker of knowledge operates as an artist and glorifier of cruelty, in that he compels his spirit to perceive against its own inclination. He forces it to say nay, where he would like to affirm, love, and adore. Every instance of taking a thing profoundly and fundamentally is a violation,. an intentional injuring of the fundamental will of the spirit. In every desire for knowledge, there is a drop of cruelty.