Word: atheist
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Nietzsche called himself an atheist, although he is in reality a God-seeker, since he longs for the holiness of an eternal ethical value in life. He has been mistaken for a philosopher. Critics who have sought to condemn him on these grounds have thereby failed to comprehend his message, since his works cannot be analyzed according to ideas, but must be understood in regard to mental attitudes...
...love with his impetuous genius, but not with the man himself. In the course of the play, Alison, her silent love for Marlowe conquered, but not forgotten, weds her cousin to the bitter disappointment of Richard Bame, another suitor. Marlowe, in the meanwhile, has been proven an "atheist" and "blasphemer" through the efforts of the lady of the Court, who, by this time, had tired of the playwright's admiration, and he is debarred from the Queen's players. Broken in fortune, but steadfast still in those beliefs which had gained for him the title of "atheist," Marlowe visits Alison...