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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb_14", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 8.64, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "He who understands how to apply what he has heard here will also know what to think of the modern public school as a so called educational institution.", "HE WHO UNDERSTANDS HOW TO APPLY WHAT HE HAS HEARD HERE WILL ALSO KNOW WHAT TO THINK OF THE MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL AS A SO CALLED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION" ], "pre_texts": [ "eifen_,' '_selbstverständlich_,'[3] etc., _cum tædio in infinitum_. The same teacher would also have to take our classical authors and show, line for line, how carefully and with what precision every expression has to be chosen when a writer has the correct feeling in his heart and has before his eyes a perfect conception of all he is writing. He would necessarily urge his pupils, time and again, to express the same thought ever more happily; nor would he have to abate in rigour until the less gifted in his class had contracted an unholy fear of their language, and the others had developed great enthusiasm for it. \"Here then is a task for so-called 'formal' education[4] [the education tending to develop the mental faculties, as opposed to 'material' education,[5] which is intended to deal only with the acquisition of facts, _e.g._ history, mathematics, etc.], and one of the utmost value: but what do we find in the public school--that is to say, in the head-quarters of formal education?", "N THE ENUNITIATIVE EH GRYPHEN SELFSPHE STANLES ET CETERA CUM TAVO IN INFIDIUM THE SAME TEACHER WOULD ALSO HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLASSICAL AUTHORS AND SHOW LINE FOR LINE HOW CAREFULLY AND WITH WHAT PRECISION EVERY EXPRESSION HAS TO BE CHOSEN WHEN A WRITER HAS THE CORRECT FEELING IN HIS HEART AND HAS BEFORE HIS EYES A PERFECT CONCEPTION OF ALL HE IS WRITING HE WOULD NECESSARILY URGE HIS PUPILS TIME AND AGAIN TO EXPRESS THE SAME THOUGHT EVER MORE HAPPILY NOR WOULD HE HAVE TO ABATE IN RIGOR UNTIL THE LESS GIFTED IN HIS CLASS HAD CONTRACTED AN UNHOLY FEAR OF THEIR LANGUAGE AND THE OTHERS HAD DEVELOPED GREAT ENTHUSIASM FOR IT HERE THEN IS A TASK FOR SO CALLED FORMAL EDUCATION BRACKETED THE EDUCATION TENDING TO DEVELOP THE MENTAL FACULTIES AS OPPOSED TO MATERIAL EDUCATION WHICH IS INTENDED TO DEAL ONLY WITH THE ACQUISITION OF FACTS E G HISTORY MATHEMATICS ET CETERA AND BRACKET IN ONE OF THE UTMOST VALUE BUT WHAT DO WE FIND IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT IS TO SAY IN THE HEADQUARTERS OF FORMAL EDUCATION" ], "begin_byte": 68159, "end_byte": 68310 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb_17", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 13.199, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "Therefore, dear master, enlighten me concerning the public schools; what can we hope for in the way of their abolition or reform?\" \"I also hold the question of public schools to be as important as you do,\" the philosopher replied.", "THEREFORE DEAR MASTER ENLIGHTEN ME CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHAT CAN WE HOPE FOR IN THE WAY OF THE ABOLITION OF REFORM I ALSO HOLD THE QUESTION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE AS IMPORTANT AS YOU DO THE PHILOSOPHER REPLIED" ], "pre_texts": [ "o you think, for instance, that in respect of these institutions anything may be done by means of honesty and good and new ideas to abolish the tenacious and antiquated customs now extant? In this quarter, it seems to me, the battering-rams of an attacking party will have to meet with no solid wall, but with the most fatal of stolid and slippery principles. The leader of the assault has no visible and tangible opponent to crush, but rather a creature in disguise that can transform itself into a hundred different shapes and, in each of these, slip out of his grasp, only in order to reappear and to confound its enemy by cowardly surrenders and feigned retreats. It was precisely the public schools which drove me into despair and solitude, simply because I feel that if the struggle here leads to victory all other educational institutions must give in; but that, if the reformer be forced to abandon his cause here, he may as well give up all hope in regard to every other scholastic question.", "H PUBLIC SCHOOLS DO YOU THINK FOR INSTANCE THAT IN RESPECT OF THESE INSTITUTIONS ANYTHING MAY BE DONE BY MEANS OF HONESTY AND GOOD AND NEW IDEAS TO ABOLISH THE TENACIOUS AND ANTIQUATED CUSTOMS NOW EXTANT IN THIS QUARTER IT SEEMS TO ME THE BATTERING RAMS OF AN ATTACKING PARTY WILL HAVE TO MEET WITH NO SOLID WALL BUT WITH THE MOST FATAL OF STOLID AND SLIPPERY PRINCIPLES THE LEADER OF THE ASSAULT HAS NO VISIBLE AND TANGIBLE OPPONENT TO CRUSH BUT RATHER A CREATURE IN DISGUISE THAT CAN TRANSFORM ITSELF INTO A HUNDRED DIFFERENT SHAPES AND IN EACH OF THESE SLIP OUT OF HIS GRIP ONLY IN ORDER TO REAPPEAR AND TO CONFOUND ITS ENEMY BY COWARDLY SURRENDERS AND FEIGNED RETREATS IT WAS PRECISELY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH DROVE ME INTO DESPAIR AND SOLITUDE SIMPLY BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IF THE STRUGGLE HERE LEADS TO VICTORY ALL OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MUST GIVE IN BUT THAT IF THE REFORMER BE FORCED TO ABANDON HIS CAUSE HERE HE MAY AS WELL GIVE UP ALL HOPE IN REGARD TO EVERY OTHER SCHOLASTIC QUESTION" ], "begin_byte": 63947, "end_byte": 64177 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb_23", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 14.399, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "I am too painfully conscious of the disastrous errors and abuses to which you were wont to call my attention; and yet I know that I am far from possessing the requisite strength to meet with success, however valiantly I might struggle to shatter the bulwarks of this would be culture.", "I AM TOO PAINFULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE DISASTROUS ERRORS AND ABUSES TO WHICH YOU WERE WONT TO CALL MY ATTENTION AND YET I KNOW THAT I AM FAR FROM POSSESSING THE REQUISITE STRENGTH TO MEET WITH SUCCESS HOWEVER VALIANTLY I MIGHT STRUGGLE TO SHATTER THE BULWARKS OF THIS WOULD BE CULTURE" ], "pre_texts": [ "ur despair. I shall now proceed to say a few words of consolation.\" SECOND LECTURE. (_Delivered on the 6th of February 1872._) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,--Those among you whom I now have the pleasure of addressing for the first time and whose only knowledge of my first lecture has been derived from reports will, I hope, not mind being introduced here into the middle of a dialogue which I had begun to recount on the last occasion, and the last points of which I must now recall. The philosopher's young companion was just pleading openly and confidentially with his distinguished tutor, and apologising for having so far renounced his calling as a teacher in order to spend his days in comfortless solitude. No suspicion of superciliousness or arrogance had induced him to form this resolve. \"I have heard too much from your lips at various times,\" the straightforward pupil said, \"and have been too long in your company, to surrender myself blindly to our present systems of education and instruction.", "IBERVOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY AIR NOVERA SECOND LECTURE PART ONE DELIVERED ON THE SIXTH OF FEBRUARY EIGHTEEN SEVENTY TWO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THOSE AMONG YOU WHOM I NOW HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ADDRESSING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WHOSE ONLY KNOWLEDGE OF MY FIRST LECTURE HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM REPORTS WILL I HOPE NOT MINE BEING INTRODUCED HERE INTO THE MIDDLE OF A DIALOGUE WHICH I HAD BEGUN TO RECOUNT ON THE LAST OCCASION AND THE LAST POINTS OF WHICH I MUST NOW RECALL THE PHILOSOPHER'S YOUNG COMPANION WAS JUST PLEADING OPENLY AND CONFIDENTLY WITH HIS DISTINGUISHED TUTOR AND APOLOGIZING FOR HAVING SO FAR RENOUNCED HIS CALLING AS A TEACHER IN ORDER TO SPEND HIS DAYS IN COMFORTLESS SOLITUDE NO SUSPICION OF SUPERCILIOUSNESS OR ARROGANCE HAD INDUCED HIM TO FORM THIS RESOLVE I HAVE HEARD TOO MUCH FROM YOUR LIPS AT VARIOUS TIMES THE STRAIGHTFORWARD PUPIL SAID AND HAVE BEEN TOO LONG IN YOUR COMPANY TO SURRENDER MYSELF BLINDLY TO OUR PRESENT SYSTEMS OF EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION" ], "begin_byte": 59364, "end_byte": 59648 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb_33", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 7.48, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "If this is not possible, I would prefer in future that Latin be spoken; for I am ashamed of a language so bungled and vitiated.", "IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE I WOULD PREFER IN FUTURE THAT LATIN BE SPOKEN FOR I AM ASHAMED OF A LANGUAGE SO BUNGLED AND VITIATED" ], "pre_texts": [ "system, as I shall shortly point out to you. For the moment, let us consider, together, what to my mind constitutes the very hopeful struggle of the two possibilities: _either_ that the motley and evasive spirit of public schools which has hitherto been fostered, will completely vanish, or that it will have to be completely purified and rejuvenated. And in order that I may not shock you with general propositions, let us first try to recall one of those public school experiences which we have all had, and from which we have all suffered. Under severe examination what, as a matter of fact, is the present _system of teaching German_ in public schools? \"I shall first of all tell you what it should be. Everybody speaks and writes German as thoroughly badly as it is just possible to do so in an age of newspaper German: that is why the growing youth who happens to be both noble and gifted has to be taken by force and put under the glass shade of good taste and of severe linguistic discipline.", "Y AN ANNEX OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AS I SHALL SHORTLY POINT OUT TO YOU FOR THE MOMENT LET US CONSIDER TOGETHER WHAT TO MY MIND CONSTITUTES THE VERY HOPEFUL STRUGGLE OF THE TWO POSSIBILITIES EITHER THAT THE MOTLEY AND EVASIVE SPIRIT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH HAS HITHERTO BEEN FOSTERED WILL COMPLETELY VANISH OR THAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY PURIFIED AND REJUVENATED AND IN ORDER THAT I MAY NOT SHOCK YOU WITH GENERAL PROPOSITIONS LET US FIRST TRY TO RECALL ONE OF THOSE PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCES WHICH WE HAVE ALL HAD FROM WHICH WE HAVE ALL SUFFERED UNDER SEVERE EXAMINATION WHAT AS A MATTER OF FACT IS THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF TEACHING GERMAN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS I SHALL FIRST OF ALL TELL YOU WHAT IT SHOULD BE EVERY ONE SPEAKS AND WRITES GERMAN AS THOROUGHLY BAD AS IT IS JUST POSSIBLE TO DO SO IN AN AGE OF NEWSPAPER GERMAN THAT IS WHY THE GROWING YOUTH WHO HAPPENS TO BE BOTH NOBLE AND GIFTED HAS TO BE TAKEN BY FORCE AND PUT UNDER THE GLASS SHADE OF GOOD TASTE AND SEVERE LINGUISTIC DISCIPLINE" ], "begin_byte": 65653, "end_byte": 65780 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb_55", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_03_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 16.679, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "It is the first individual creation; the still undeveloped powers tend for the first time to crystallise; the staggering sensation produced by the demand for self reliance imparts a seductive charm to these early performances, which is not only quite new, but which never returns.", "IT IS THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL CREATION THE STILL UNDEVELOPED POWERS TEND FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CRYSTALLIZE THE STAGGERING SENSATION PRODUCED BY THE DEMAND FOR SELF RELIANCE IMPARTS A SEDUCTIVE CHARM TO THESE EARLY PERFORMANCES WHICH IS NOT ONLY QUITE NEW BUT NEVER RETURNS" ], "pre_texts": [ " the individual, and the more strongly a pupil is conscious of his various qualities, the more personally will he do his _German composition_. This 'personal doing' is urged on with yet an additional fillip in some public schools by the choice of the subject, the strongest proof of which is, in my opinion, that even in the lower classes the non-pedagogic subject is set, by means of which the pupil is led to give a description of his life and of his development. Now, one has only to read the titles of the compositions set in a large number of public schools to be convinced that probably the large majority of pupils have to suffer their whole lives, through no fault of their own, owing to this premature demand for personal work--for the unripe procreation of thoughts. And how often are not all a man's subsequent literary performances but a sad result of this pedagogic original sin against the intellect! \"Let us only think of what takes place at such an age in the production of such work.", "ION MAKES AN APPEAL TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE MORE STRONGLY A PUPIL IS CONSCIOUS OF HIS VARIOUS QUALITIES THE MORE PERSONALLY HE WILL DO HIS GERMAN COMPOSITION THIS PERSONAL DOING IS URGED ON WITH YET ANOTHER FILLIP IN SOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY THE CHOICE OF THE SUBJECT THE STRONGEST PROOF OF WHICH IS IN MY OPINION THAT EVEN IN THE LOWER CLASSES THE NON PEDAGOGIC SUBJECT IS SET BY MEANS OF WHICH THE PUPIL IS LED TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF HIS LIFE AND OF HIS DEVELOPMENT NOW ONE HAS ONLY TO READ THE TITLES OF THE COMPOSITION SET IN A LARGE NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE CONVINCED THAT PROBABLY THE LARGEST MAJORITY OF PUPILS HAVE TO SUFFER THEIR WHOLE LIVES THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN OWING TO THIS PREMATURE DEMAND FOR PERSONAL WORK FOR THE UNRIPE PRO CREATION OF THOUGHTS AND HOW OFTEN ARE NOT ALL A MAN'S SUBSEQUENT LI LITERARY PERFORMANCES BUT A SAD RESULT OF HIS PEDAGOGIC ORIGINAL SIN AGAINST THE INTELLECT LET US ONLY THINK OF WHAT TAKES PLACE AT SUCH AN AGE IN THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH WORK" ], "begin_byte": 73176, "end_byte": 73456 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_04_nietzsche_64kb_19", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_04_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 12.959, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "Culture begins, however, with the correct movement of the language: and once it has properly begun, it begets that physical sensation in the presence of 'elegant' writers which is known by the name of 'loathing.'", "CULTURE BEGINS HOWEVER WITH THE CORRECT MOVEMENT OF THE LANGUAGE AND ONCE IT IS PROPERLY BEGUN IT BEGETS THAT PHYSICAL SENSATION IN THE PRESENCE OF ELEGANT WRITERS WHICH IS KNOWN BY THE NAME OF LOATHING" ], "pre_texts": [ " as a dilettante or empiricist. It is a hard time: one almost fears that the tendons are going to snap and one ceases to hope that the artificial and consciously acquired movements and positions of the feet will ever be carried out with ease and comfort. It is painful to see how awkwardly and heavily one foot is set before the other, and one dreads that one may not only be unable to learn the new way of walking, but that one will forget how to walk at all. Then it suddenly become noticeable that a new habit and a second nature have been born of the practised movements, and that the assurance and strength of the old manner of walking returns with a little more grace: at this point one begins to realise how difficult walking is, and one feels in a position to laugh at the untrained empiricist or the elegant dilettante. Our 'elegant' writers, as their style shows, have never learnt 'walking' in this sense, and in our public schools, as our other writers show, no one learns walking either.", "LMOST ALL HIS LIFE AS A DILETTANTE OR EMPIRICIST IT IS A HARD TIME ONE ALMOST FEARS THAT THE TENDANTS ARE GOING TO SNAP AND ONE CEASES TO HOPE THAT THE ARTIFICIAL AND CONSCIOUSLY ACQUIRED MOVEMENTS AND POSITIONS OF THE FEET WILL EVER BE CARRIED OUT WITH EASE AND COMFORT IT IS PAINFUL TO SEE HOW AWKWARDLY AND HEAVILY ONE FOOT IS SET BEFORE THE OTHER AND ONE DREADS THAT ONE MAY NOT ONLY BE UNABLE TO LEARN THE NEW WAY OF WALKING BUT THAT ONE WILL FORGET HOW TO WALK AT ALL THEN IT SUDDENLY BECOMES NOTICEABLE THAT A NEW HABIT AND A SECOND NATURE HAVE BEEN BORN OF THE PRACTISED MOVEMENTS AND THAT THE ASSURANCE AND STRENGTH OF THE OLD MANNER OF WALKING RETURNS WITH A LITTLE MORE GRACE AT THIS POINT ONE BEGINS TO REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT WALKING IS AND ONE FEELS IN A POSITION TO LAUGH AT THE UNTRAINED EMPIRICIST OR THE ELEGANT DILETTANTE OUR ELEGANT WRITERS AS THEIR STYLE SHOWS HAVE NEVER LEARNT WALKING IN THIS SENSE AND IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS OUR OTHER WRITERS SHOW NO ONE LEARNS WALKING EITHER" ], "begin_byte": 84705, "end_byte": 84917 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_05_nietzsche_64kb_48", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_05_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 21.32, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "These very people, using these very means, are fighting against the natural hierarchy in the realm of the intellect, and destroying the roots of all those noble and sublime plastic forces which have their material origin in the unconsciousness of the people, and which fittingly terminate in the procreation of genius and its due guidance and proper training.", "THESE VERY PEOPLE USING THESE VERY MEANS ARE FIGHTING AGAINST THE NATURAL HIERARCHY IN THE REALM OF THE INTELLECT AND DESTROYING THE ROOTS OF ALL THOSE NOBLE AND SUBLIME PLASTIC FORCES WHICH HAVE THEIR MATERIAL ORIGIN IN THE UNCONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE AND WHICH FITTINGLY TERMINATE IN THE PROCREATION OF GENIUS AND ITS DUE GUIDANCE IN PROPER TRAINING" ], "pre_texts": [ "etises its mythological images, where it keeps up its faith in its customs, privileges, native soil, and language--all these levels can scarcely be reached by direct means, and in any case only by violent demolition. And, in serious matters of this kind, to hasten forward the progress of the education of the people means simply the postponement of this violent demolition, and the maintenance of that wholesome unconsciousness, that sound sleep, of the people, without which counter-action and remedy no culture, with the exhausting strain and excitement of its own actions, can make any headway. \"We know, however, what the aspiration is of those who would disturb the healthy slumber of the people, and continually call out to them: 'Keep your eyes open! Be sensible! Be wise!' we know the aim of those who profess to satisfy excessive educational requirements by means of an extraordinary increase in the number of educational institutions and the conceited tribe of teachers originated thereby.", " RELIGIOUS INSTINCT WHERE IT POETICIZES ITS MYTHOLOGICAL IMAGES WHERE IT KEEPS UP ITS FAITH IN ITS CUSTOMS PRIVILEGES NATIVE SOIL AND LANGUAGE ALL THESE LEVELS CAN SCARCELY BE REACHED BY DIRECT MEANS AND IN ANY CASE ONLY BY VIOLENT DEMOLITION AND IN SERIOUS MATTERS OF THIS KIND TO HASTEN FORWARD THE PROGRESS OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE MEANS SIMPLY THE POSTPONEMENT OF THIS VIOLENT DEMOLITION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT WHOLESOME UNCONSCIOUSNESS THAT SOUND SLEEP OF THE PEOPLE WITHOUT WHICH COUNTERACTION REMEDY NO CULTURE WITH THE EXHAUSTING STRAIN AND EXCITEMENT OF ITS OWN ACTIONS CAN MAKE ANY HEADWAY WE KNOW HOWEVER WHAT THE ASPIRATION IS OF THOSE WHO WOULD DISTURB THE HEALTHY SLUMBER OF THE PEOPLE AND CONTINUALLY CALL OUT TO THEM KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN BE SENSIBLE BE WISE WE KNOW THE AIM OF THOSE WHO PROFESS TO SATISFY EXCESSIVE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS BY MEANS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE CONCEDED TRIBE OF TEACHERS ORIGINATED THEREBY" ], "begin_byte": 110234, "end_byte": 110593 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_09_nietzsche_64kb_54", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_09_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 16.4, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "I continued the argument where my friend left off. \"It even seems to me,\" I said, \"that everything for which you have justly blamed the public school is only a necessary means employed to imbue the youthful student with some kind of independence, or at all events with the belief that there is such a thing.", "I CONTINUED THE ARGUMENT WHERE MY FRIEND LEFT OFF IT SEEMS TO ME I SAID THAT EVERYTHING FOR WHICH YOU HAVE JUSTLY BLAMED THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IS ONLY A NECESSARY MEANS EMPLOYED TO IMBUE THE YOUTHFUL STUDENT WITH SOME KIND OF INDEPENDENCE OR AT ALL EVENTS WITH THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING" ], "pre_texts": [ "hat part of our conversation.\" \"We can testify to that,\" I put in. The philosopher then turned to us and said: \"Well, if you really did listen attentively, perhaps you can now tell me what you understand by the expression 'the present aim of our public schools.' Besides, you are still near enough to this sphere to judge my opinions by the standard of your own impressions and experiences.\" My friend instantly answered, quickly and smartly, as was his habit, in the following words: \"Until now we had always thought that the sole object of the public school was to prepare students for the universities. This preparation, however, should tend to make us independent enough for the extraordinarily free position of a university student;[9] for it seems to me that a student, to a greater extent than any other individual, has more to decide and settle for himself. He must guide himself on a wide, utterly unknown path for many years, so the public school must do its best to render him independent.", "O THAT IF THEY CHANCED TO OVERHEAR THAT PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WE CAN TESTIFY TO THAT I PUT IN THE PHILOSOPHER THEN TURNED TO US AND SAID WELL IF YOU REALLY DID LISTEN ATTENTIVELY PERHAPS YOU CAN NOW TELL ME WHAT YOU UNDERSTAND BY THE EXPRESSION THE PRESENT AIM OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BESIDES YOU ARE STILL NEAR ENOUGH TO THIS SPHERE TO JUDGE MY OPINIONS BY THE STANDARD OF YOUR OWN IMPRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES MY FRIEND INSTANTLY ANSWERED QUICKLY AND SMARTLY AS WAS HIS HABIT IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS UNTIL NOW WE HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE SOLE OBJECT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL WAS TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE UNIVERSITIES THIS PREPARATION HOWEVER SHOULD TEND TO MAKE US INDEPENDENT ENOUGH FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY FREE POSITION OF A UNIVERSITY STUDENT FOR IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A STUDENT TO A GREATER EXTENT THAN ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL HAS MORE TO DECIDE AND SETTLE FOR HIMSELF HE MUST GUIDE HIMSELF ON A WIDE UTTERLY UNKNOWN PATH FOR MANY YEARS SO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MUST DO ITS BEST TO RENDER HIM INDEPENDENT" ], "begin_byte": 183171, "end_byte": 183479 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb_40", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 12.2, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "From our degenerate literary art, as also from that itch for scribbling of our learned men which has now reached such alarming proportions, wells forth the same sigh: Oh that we could forget ourselves!", "FROM OUR DEGENERATE LITERARY ART AS ALSO FROM THAT ITCH FOR SCRIBBLING OF OUR LEARNED MEN WHICH HAS NOW REACHED SUCH ALARMING PROPORTION WELLS FORTH THE SAME SIGH OH THAT WE COULD FORGET OURSELVES" ], "pre_texts": [ "lic schools and universities, we can see the culture which has been driven like a fugitive away from these institutions. True, this culture is without the erudition of those establishments, but assumes nevertheless the mien of a sovereign; so that, for example, Gutzkow the novelist might be pointed to as the best example of a modern public school boy turned æsthete. Such a degenerate man of culture is a serious matter, and it is a horrifying spectacle for us to see that all our scholarly and journalistic publicity bears the stigma of this degeneracy upon it. How else can we do justice to our learned men, who pay untiring attention to, and even co-operate in the journalistic corruption of the people, how else than by the acknowledgment that their learning must fill a want of their own similar to that filled by novel-writing in the case of others: _i.e._ a flight from one's self, an ascetic extirpation of their cultural impulses, a desperate attempt to annihilate their own individuality.", "ORE THE GATES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES WE CAN SEE THE CULTURE WHICH HAS BEEN DRIVEN LIKE A FUGITIVE AWAY FROM THESE INSTITUTIONS TRUE THIS CULTURE IS WITHOUT THE ERUDITION OF THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS BUT ASSUMES NEVERTHELESS THE MIND OF A SOVEREIGN SO THAT FOR EXAMPLE GUTSKOW THE NOVELIST MIGHT BE APPOINTED TO AS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF A MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOLBOY TURNED AESTI SUCH A DEGENERATE MAN OF CULTURE IS A SERIOUS MATTER AND IT IS A HORRIFYING SPECTACLE FOR US TO SEE THAT ALL OUR SCHOLARLY AND JOURNALISTIC PUBLICITY BEARS THE STIGMA OF THIS DEGENERACY UPON IT HOW ELSE CAN WE DO JUSTICE TO OUR LEARNED MEN WHO PAY UNTIRING ATTENTION TO AND EVEN CO OPERATE IN THE JOURNALISTIC CORRUPTION OF THE PEOPLE HOW ELSE THEN BY THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THEIR LEARNING MUST FILL A WANT OF THEIR OWN SIMILAR TO THAT FILLED BY NOVEL WRITING IN THE CASE OF OTHERS I E A FLIGHT FROM ONESELF AN ASCETIC EXTIRPATION OF THEIR CULTURAL IMPULSES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ANNIHILATE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUALITY" ], "begin_byte": 201787, "end_byte": 201988 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb_54", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 18.399, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "He may have learnt on the field of battle what he could learn least of all in the sphere of 'academical freedom': that great leaders are necessary, and that all culture begins with obedience. And in the midst of victory, with his thoughts turned to his liberated fatherland, he made the vow that he would remain German. German!", "HE MAY HAVE LEARNT ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE WHAT HE COULD LEARN LEAST OF ALL IN THE SPHERE OF AN ACADEMICAL FREEDOM THAT GREAT LEADERS ARE NECESSARY AND THAT ALL CULTURE BEGINS WITH OBEDIENCE AND IN THE MIDST OF VICTORY WITH HIS THOUGHTS TURNED TO HIS LIBERATED FATHERLAND HE MADE THE VOW THAT HE WOULD REMAIN GERMAN GERMAN" ], "pre_texts": [ "ccount of its organisation, as being the first attempt to construct a true educational institution, and, secondly, on account of the spirit of this institution, that earnest, manly, stern, and daring German spirit; that spirit of the miner's son, Luther, which has come down to us unbroken from the time of the Reformation. \"Think of the _fate_ of the Burschenschaft when I ask you, Did the German university then understand that spirit, as even the German princes in their hatred appear to have understood it? Did the alma mater boldly and resolutely throw her protecting arms round her noble sons and say: 'You must kill me first, before you touch my children?' I hear your answer--by it you may judge whether the German university is an educational institution or not. \"The student knew at that time at what depth a true educational institution must take root, namely, in an inward renovation and inspiration of the purest moral faculties. And this must always be repeated to the student's credit.", "FOR TWO REASONS FIRST OF ALL ON ACCOUNT OF ITS ORGANIZATION AS BEING THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO CONSTRUCT A TRUE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AND SECONDLY ON ACCOUNT OF THE SPIRIT OF THIS INSTITUTION THAT EARNEST MANLY STERN AND DARING GERMAN SPIRIT THAT SPIRIT OF THE MINOR SON LUTHER WHICH HAD COME DOWN TO US UNBROKEN FROM THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION THINK OF THE FATE OF THE PERSIAN SHAFT WHEN I ASK YOU DID THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY THEN UNDERSTAND THAT SPIRIT AS EVEN THE GERMAN PRINCES IN THEIR HATRED APPEAR TO HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT DID THE ALMA MATER BOLDLY AND RESOLUTELY THROW HER PROTECTING ARMS ROUND HER NOBLE SONS AND SAY YOU MUST KILL ME FIRST BEFORE YOU TOUCH MY CHILDREN I HEAR YOUR ANSWER BY IT YOU MAY JUDGE WHETHER THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY IS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR NOT THE STUDENT KNEW AT THAT TIME AT WHAT DEPTH A TRUE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION MUST TAKE ROOT NAMELY IN AN INWARD RENOVATION AND INSPIRATION OF THE PUREST MORAL FACULTIES AND THIS MUST ALWAYS BE REPEATED TO THE STUDENT'S CREDIT" ], "begin_byte": 207430, "end_byte": 207757 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb_55", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 18.479, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "Undisturbed by the idealising effect of the sound, you could never see enough of the stern, medieval, wood cutting movement of this comical spectacle, this harmonious parody on the _homo sapiens_. \"Now, on the other hand, assume that your musical sense has returned, and that your ears are opened.", "UNDISTURBED BY THE IDEALIZING EFFECT OF THE SOUND YOU COULD NEVER SEE ENOUGH OF THE STERN MEDIAEVAL WOODCUTTING MOVEMENT OF THIS COMICAL SPECTACLE THIS HARMONIOUS PARODY ON THE HOMO SAPIENS NOW ON THE OTHER HAND ASSUME THAT YOUR MUSICAL SENSE HAS RETURNED AND THAT YOUR EARS ARE OPENED" ], "pre_texts": [ "It endeavours either to bring the leaders down to the level of its own servitude or else to cast them out altogether. It seduces the followers when they are seeking their predestined leader, and overcomes them by the fumes of its narcotics. When, however, in spite of all this, leader and followers have at last met, wounded and sore, there is an impassioned feeling of rapture, like the echo of an ever-sounding lyre, a feeling which I can let you divine only by means of a simile. \"Have you ever, at a musical rehearsal, looked at the strange, shrivelled-up, good-natured species of men who usually form the German orchestra? What changes and fluctuations we see in that capricious goddess 'form'! What noses and ears, what clumsy, _danse macabre_ movements! Just imagine for a moment that you were deaf, and had never dreamed of the existence of sound or music, and that you were looking upon the orchestra as a company of actors, and trying to enjoy their performance as a drama and nothing more.", "HE THRONE OF THE PRESENT IT ENDEAVORS EITHER TO BRING THE NEW LEADERS DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF ITS OWN SERVITUDE OR ELSE TO CAST THEM OUT ALTOGETHER IT SEDUCES THE FOLLOWERS WHEN THEY ARE SEEKING THEIR PREDESTINED LEADER AND OVERCOMES THEM BY THE FUMES OF ITS NARCOTICS WHEN HOWEVER IN SPITE OF ALL THIS LEADER AND FOLLOWERS HAVE AT LAST MET WOUNDED AND SORE THERE IS AN IMPASSIONED FEELING OF RAPTURE LIKE THE ECHO OF AN EVER SOUNDING LYRE A FEELING WHICH I CAN LET YOU DIVINE ONLY BY MEANS OF A SIMILE HAVE YOU EVER AT A MUSICAL REHEARSAL LOOKED AT THE STRANGE SHRIVELLED UP GOOD NATURED SPECIES OF MEN WHO USUALLY FORM THE GERMAN ORCHESTRA WHAT CHANGES AND FLUCTUATIONS WE SEE IN THAT CAPRICIOUS GODDESS FORM WHAT NOSES AND EARS WHAT CLUMSY DUNCE MICAWBRA MOVEMENTS JUST IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT THAT YOU WERE DEAF AND YOU HAD NEVER DREAMED OF THE EXISTENCE OF SOUND OR MUSIC AND THAT YOU WERE LOOKING UPON THE ORCHESTRA AS A COMPANY OF ACTORS AND TRYING TO ENJOY THEIR PERFORMANCE AS A DRAMA NOTHING MORE" ], "begin_byte": 210422, "end_byte": 210719 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb_67", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 29.279, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "[12] The gates of philosophy, of art, yea, even of antiquity, opened unto him; and in one of the most memorable of bloody acts, the murder of Kotzebue, he revenged with penetrating insight and enthusiastic short sightedness his one and only Schiller, prematurely consumed by the opposition of the stupid world: Schiller, who could have been his leader, master, and organiser, and whose loss he now bewailed with such heartfelt resentment.", "THE GATES OF PHILOSOPHY OF ART YEA EVEN OF ANTIQUITY OPENED UNTO HIM AND IN ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE OF BLOODY ACTS THE MURDER OF KOSIBOO HE REVENGED WITH PENETRATING INSIGHT AND ENTHUSIASTIC SHORTSIGHTEDNESS HIS ONE AND ONLY SCHILLER PREMATURELY CONSUMED BY THE OPPOSITION OF THE STUPID WORLD SCHILLER WHO COULD HAVE BEEN HIS LEADER MASTER AND ORGANIZER AND WHOSE LOSS WE NOW BEWAILED WITH SUCH HEARTFELT RESENTMENT" ], "pre_texts": [ "ve understood it? Did the alma mater boldly and resolutely throw her protecting arms round her noble sons and say: 'You must kill me first, before you touch my children?' I hear your answer--by it you may judge whether the German university is an educational institution or not. \"The student knew at that time at what depth a true educational institution must take root, namely, in an inward renovation and inspiration of the purest moral faculties. And this must always be repeated to the student's credit. He may have learnt on the field of battle what he could learn least of all in the sphere of 'academical freedom': that great leaders are necessary, and that all culture begins with obedience. And in the midst of victory, with his thoughts turned to his liberated fatherland, he made the vow that he would remain German. German! Now he learnt to understand his Tacitus; now he grasped the signification of Kant's categorical imperative; now he was enraptured by Weber's \"Lyre and Sword\" songs.", "THEIR HATRED APPEAR TO HAVE UNDERSTOOD IT DID THE ALMA MATER BOLDLY AND RESOLUTELY THROW HER PROTECTING ARMS ROUND HER NOBLE SONS AND SAY YOU MUST KILL ME FIRST BEFORE YOU TOUCH MY CHILDREN I HEAR YOUR ANSWER BY IT YOU MAY JUDGE WHETHER THE GERMAN UNIVERSITY IS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR NOT THE STUDENT KNEW AT THAT TIME AT WHAT DEPTH A TRUE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION MUST TAKE ROOT NAMELY IN AN INWARD RENOVATION AND INSPIRATION OF THE PUREST MORAL FACULTIES AND THIS MUST ALWAYS BE REPEATED TO THE STUDENT'S CREDIT HE MAY HAVE LEARNT ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE WHAT HE COULD LEARN LEAST OF ALL IN THE SPHERE OF AN ACADEMICAL FREEDOM THAT GREAT LEADERS ARE NECESSARY AND THAT ALL CULTURE BEGINS WITH OBEDIENCE AND IN THE MIDST OF VICTORY WITH HIS THOUGHTS TURNED TO HIS LIBERATED FATHERLAND HE MADE THE VOW THAT HE WOULD REMAIN GERMAN GERMAN NOW HE LEARNT TO UNDERSTAND HIS TACITUS NOW HE GRASPED THE SIGNIFICATION OF KANT'S CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE NOW HE WAS ENRAPTURED BY VAPORS LYRE AND SWORD SONGS" ], "begin_byte": 207923, "end_byte": 208362 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb_78", "recording_id": "large/11381/educationalinstitutions_1709_librivox_64kb_mp3/educationalinstitutions_10_nietzsche_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 25.199, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "11381", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"If you honest thinkers have honourably remained in these three stages of intelligence, and have perceived that, in comparison with the Greeks, the modern student is unsuited to and unprepared for philosophy, that he has no truly artistic instincts, and is merely a barbarian believing himself to be free, you will not on this account turn away from him in disgust, although you will, of course, avoid coming into too close proximity with him.", "IF YOU HONEST THINKERS HAVE HONOURABLY REMAINED IN THESE THREE STAGES OF INTELLIGENCE AND HAVE PERCEIVED THAT IN COMPARISON WITH THE GREEKS THE MODERN STUDENT IS UNSUITED TO AND UNPREPARED FOR PHILOSOPHY THAT HE HAS NO TRULY ARTISTIC INSTINCTS AND IS MERELY A BARBARIAN BELIEVING HIMSELF TO BE FREE YOU WILL NOT ON THIS ACCOUNT TURN AWAY FROM HIM IN DISGUST ALTHOUGH YOU WILL OF COURSE AVOID COMING INTO CLOSE PROXIMITY WITH HIM" ], "pre_texts": [ " for Greece and Rome, which, besides, sit enthroned in almost inaccessible loneliness and majestic alienation. The universities of the present time consequently give no heed to almost extinct educational predilections like these, and found their philological chairs for the training of new and exclusive generations of philologists, who on their part give similar philological preparation in the public schools--a vicious circle which is useful neither to philologists nor to public schools, but which above all accuses the university for the third time of not being what it so pompously proclaims itself to be--a training ground for culture. Take away the Greeks, together with philosophy and art, and what ladder have you still remaining by which to ascend to culture? For, if you attempt to clamber up the ladder without these helps, you must permit me to inform you that all your learning will lie like a heavy burden on your shoulders rather than furnishing you with wings and bearing you aloft.", "ANY GREAT REGARD FOR GREECE AND ROME WHICH BESIDES SIT ENTHRONED IN ALMOST INACCESSIBLE LONELINESS AND MAJESTIC ALIENATION THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE PRESENT TIME CONSEQUENTLY GIVE NO HEED TO ALMOST EXTINCT EDUCATIONAL PREDILECTIONS LIKE THESE AND FOUND THEIR PHILOLOGICAL CHAIRS FOR THE TRAINING OF NEW AND EXCLUSIVE GENERATIONS OF PHILOLOGISTS WHO ON THEIR PART GIVE SIMILAR PHILOLOGICAL PREPARATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS A VICIOUS CIRCLE WHICH IS USEFUL NEITHER TO PHILOLOGISTS NOR TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT WHICH ABOVE ALL ACCUSES THE UNIVERSITY FOR THE THIRD TIME OF NOT BEING WHAT IT SO POMPOUSLY PROCLAIMS ITSELF TO BE A TRAINING GROUND FOR CULTURE TAKE AWAY THE GREEKS TOGETHER WITH PHILOSOPHY AND ART AND WHAT LADDER HAVE YOU STILL REMAINING BY WHICH TO ASCEND TO CULTURE FOR IF YOU ATTEMPT TO CLAMBER UP THE LADDER WITHOUT THESE HOPES YOU MUST PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU THAT ALL YOUR LEARNING WILL LIE LIKE A HEAVY BURDEN ON YOUR SHOULDERS RATHER THAN FURNISHING YOU WITH WINGS AND BEARING YOU ALOFT" ], "begin_byte": 195798, "end_byte": 196241 } } ]

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