Wanton avidity, bilious envy, careworn revenge, populace-pride: all these struck mine eye. It is no longer true that the poor are blessed. The kingdom of heaven, however, is with the kine.”
Fourth and Last Part · LXVIII. The Voluntary Beggar
The poor are no longer blessed
Read in the book →The beggar reverses the beatitude: the kingdom of heaven is now with the kine.
- Revaluation of values (old and new tables)An old Christian valuation is declared void by the beggar's experience.
What the critics said
Ludovici identifies the voluntary beggar with the ideal Buddhist, a decadent religion whose values come from the higher rather than the lower classes, and sees in him Nietzsche's purified portrait of Christ, stripped of the spiteful traits added by apologists.