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At the present day no clear and consistent opinion seems to be held regarding Classical Philology. We are conscious of this in the circles of the learned just as much as among the followers of that science itself. The cause of this lies in its many-sided character, in the lack of an abstract unity, and in the inorganic aggregation of heterogeneous scientific activities which are connected with one another only by the name "Philology." It must be freely admitted that philology is to some extent borrowed from several other sciences, and is mixed together like a magic potion from the most outlandish liquors, ores, and. | Homer and Classical Philology 1 Homer and Classical Philology Project Gutenberg s Homer and Classical Philology by Friedrich Nietzsche This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Homer and Classical Philology Author Friedrich Nietzsche Editor Oscar Levy Translator J. M. Kennedy Release Date April 17 2006 EBook 18188 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOMER AND CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY Produced by Thierry Alberto Robert Ledger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Transcriber s Note Homer and Classical Philology 2 This lecture was taken from Volume III of _The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche_ Dr. Oscar Levy Ed. J. M. Kennedy Translator 1910 HOMER AND CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY. Inaugural Address delivered at Bâle University 28th of May 1869. At the present day no clear and consistent opinion seems to be held regarding Classical Philology. We are conscious of this in the circles of the learned just as much as among the followers of that science itself. The cause of this lies in its many-sided character in the lack of an abstract unity and in the inorganic aggregation of heterogeneous scientific activities which are connected with one another only by the name Philology. It must be freely admitted that philology is to some extent borrowed from several other sciences and is mixed together like a magic potion from the most outlandish liquors ores and bones. It may even be added that it likewise conceals within itself an artistic element one which on esthetic and ethical grounds may be called imperatival--an element that acts in opposition to its purely scientific behaviour. Philology is composed of history just as much as of natural science or esthetics history in so far as it endeavours to