A Human being (n.) is something that must be overcome.
A Human being (n.) is great because it is a bridge and not a purpose; lovable because it is a crossing over and a going under.
A Human being (n.) is a pile of illnesses reaching out into the world through the spirit to seek prey — a ball of wild snakes that seldom have peace from each other.
A Human being (n.) is the animal with red cheeks — because it has had to be ashamed so often.
A Human being (n.) is one of the diseases of the earth's skin.
A Human being (n.) is forgotten when one lives among human beings: there is too much foreground in all of them.
A Human being (n.) is the best beast of prey: it has preyed upon the virtues of all animals because it had the hardest time of all.
A Human being (n.) is the cruelest animal: tragedies, bullfights and crucifixions make it feel best on earth, and the hell it invented was its heaven on earth.
The Human being (n.) as he actually is represents a much higher value than the "desirable" man of any ideal hitherto.