Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed Hitherto
V: The Moral Ideal§361 I have declared war against the anaemic Christian ideal (together with what is closely related to it), not because I want to annihilate it, but only to put an end to its tyranny and clear the way for other ideals, for more robust ideals—
The continuance of the Christian ideal belongs to the most desirable of desiderata: if only for the sake of the ideals which wish to take their stand beside it and perhaps above it they must have opponents and strong ones too, in order to grow strong themselves.