"In some remote corner of the universe, bathed in the fires of inumerable solar systems, there was once a planet where
clever animals invented knowledge. That was the grandest and most mendacious moment of 'universal history.'"
Foucault quoting nietsche, "Gay Science."
"When he speaks of invention, nietsche always has an opposite in mind, the word origin. When he says invention, it is
in order not to say origin."
"Nietsche says Schopenhauer made the mistake of looking for the origin of religion [snip] in a metaphysical sentiment
present in all men and containing the latent core, the true and essential model for all religion
"But history is not that says Nietsche, that is not the way history was made [snip]. Religion has no origin, it was invented."
"Nietsche refers to a great factory in which the ideal is produced (Genealogy of Morals."
"Knowledge is simply the outcome of the struggle and ultimately, the compromise between the instincts."
"Nietsche calls it akin to a 'spark between two swords,' but not of either swords metal."
"Knowledge must struggle against a world without order, without connectedness, without form, without beauty, without
wisdom, without harmony, and without law."
"When will as these shadows of god cease to darken our minds, when will we complete our de-deification of nature."
"Behind knowledge, there is a will [snip] not to bring the object near to oneself, or identify with it, but on the contrary
to get away from it or destroy it. a radical malice of knowledge."
