MATHETΩN

I venture that, to conduct his great war with Jesus, Nietzsche relied upon a false proposition: a false definition of “to will”. He said that the great soul faced with life’s suffering rebels, viz., does affirm his will, but that Jesus faced with suffering submitted, viz., did annul his will. In truth, Jesus taught: Rejoice in suffering, i.e., will so to rejoice, when you of all men understand its purpose. If there be a war, then, it is this:

Whether, in suffering, to will perversely or to will rationally –

Both the follower of Nietzsche and the follower of Jesus will, but the former without purpose and the latter with a long purpose.