“All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.”
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Art is an attempt to integrate evil.
Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority.
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.
The most mediocre of males feels himself a demigod as compared with women.