Georg Von Rosen "Odin the Wanderer" 1886
George Seir "The Wanderer" 1934 A passage from Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil. Read it to the first year philosophy students today. And tonight, I am feeling decidely like a wanderer in need of a mask - a mask of good health, youth, vitality and optimism.
278.--Wanderer, who art thou? I see thee follow thy path without scorn, without love, with unfathomable eyes, wet and sad as a plummet which has returned to the light insatiated out of every depth--what did it seek down there?--with a bosom that never sighs, with lips that conceal their loathing, with a hand which only slowly grasps: who art thou? what hast thou done? Rest thee here: this place has hospitality for every one--refresh thyself! And whoever thou art, what is it that now pleases thee? What will serve to refresh thee? Only name it, whatever I have I offer thee! "To refresh me? To refresh me? Oh, thou prying one, what sayest thou! But give me, I pray thee---" What? what? Speak out!
"Another mask! A second mask!"
