Preface

nothing less than "at one with each other"
(as anyone who wishes to read their infinitely diverse
conceptions of the doctrine of Christ original: "Christo" will
easily find!) Whoever acts according to a
violent, passionate impulse Trieb: a driving inner force or instinct,
without having a certain or true purpose;
that person is a fanatic schwärmt: from 'Schwärmerei,' meaning religious ecstasy, fanaticism, or 'swarming' like bees without a clear leader. The more
the impulse carries him away; the less he
has or knows a purpose; or the less
truth there is in the purpose he set for
himself: the more he wanders into fanaticism. Finally,
it reaches the point that the striving itself,
the zeal with which he acts, becomes his purpose.
And this latter usually happens
when he is connected with many others who
think the same way, "when the swarm
is very large." Linguistic usage and ex-
perience provide this concept:
and upon some investigation of it,
one will easily find "that fanaticism is
certainly something dangerous, especially
since men are soon carried away by imagi-
nation original: "Einbildung", and the inclination toward the