Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed Hitherto
V: The Moral Ideal§360 Francis of Assist: amorous and popular, a poet who combats the order of rank among souls, in favour of the lowest. The denial of spiritual hierarchy, “all equal before God”. The popular ideals: the good man, the unselfish man, the saint, the sage, the just man. O Marcus Aurelius!