ascetic ideal, n.Definitions

The Ascetic ideal (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠man worship one part of himself as God, and for that he must diabolize the other.

The Ascetic ideal (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the opposite of what its worshippers believe: not life against life but an artifice for the preservation of life — a degenerating life fighting with death and against death.