Human, All Too Human, Part 140 summary
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In 140, the speaker proposes that holy persons use self-contempt and painful practices to resist exhaustion rather than simply to suffer. He connects these acts with pleasure in emotion itself and suggests that they offer temporary escape from weariness caused by mental inactivity and submission to another will.
What happens
- The speaker identifies pleasure in emotion itself as a motive behind many puzzling actions.
- He tentatively reads holy persons’ self-contempt and self-torture as ways to resist exhaustion.
- He links their weariness to mental inactivity and obedience to another will, with pain providing temporary escape.
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What purpose does the speaker suggest self-torture serves for holy persons?
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