Nietzsche on Celts vs modern Germans and the spirit of democracy

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From "On the Genealogy of Morality" first essay (‘Good and Evil’, ‘Good and Bad’) paragraph 5:

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[Ajeje Brazorf]

In the Latin malus (which I place side by side with μέλας)

From Proto-Italic *malos, related to Oscan mallom and mallud (“bad”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to deceive”), cognate with Lithuanian melas (“lie”) and the first element of Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “jinx”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, it would then be a cognate with English small.

Originally associated with Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”), but support for this is waning. Also compare Avestan (mairiia, “treacherous”) and Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirtiness, impurity”)


the vulgar man can be distinguished as the dark-coloured, and above all as the black-haired ("hic niger est")

Horace's quote "Hic niger est" was expressed in a completely different context and does not refer to the color of skin or hair. In addition to black, "niger" can also mean bad, evil, ill-omened, wicked, or malicious.

Latin: Absentem qui rodit amicum, qui non defendit alio culpante, solutos qui captat risus hominum famamque dicacis, fingere qui non visa potest, commissa tacere qui nequit: hic niger est, hunc tu, romane, caveto.
English: He that calumniates his friend when absent, who does not stand up in his defence when his character is attacked by another, who studies to raise a groundless silly laugh at his expence, and affects the name of a wit, who makes no scruple of advancing falsities for real facts, who can't conceal what's committed to him with the utmost secresy, he's a dangerous man, of him i advise you and every Roman to be aware.