The causa sui is the best self-contradiction thought up so far
The causa sui is the best self-contradiction that has been thought up so far, a kind of logical rape and unnaturalness.
Die causa sui ist der beste Selbst-Widerspruch, der bisher ausgedacht worden ist, eine Art logischer Nothzucht und Unnatur
The causa sui is the best self-contradiction that has been thought up so far, a kind of logical rape and unnaturalness
The opening of JGB 21, before the colon; what follows the colon, on the pride of man, is in the passage and not in the statement. The sentence asserts in Nietzsche's own voice what JGB 15 had supposed, »gesetzt, dass der Begriff causa sui etwas gründlich Absurdes ist« (c-nietzsche-external-world-not-work-of-our-organs); the map sets no link between the two, since a self-contradiction and an absurdity are two words and the JGB 15 argument runs under its supposition. The aphorism applies the causa sui to the »Verlangen nach "Freiheit des Willens"«, which the map leaves for its comparison on the will.