1. Absolute dominion of morality: all biological phenomena measured and judged according to its values.
2. The attempt to identify Life with morality (symptom of awakened scepticism: morality must no longer be regarded as the opposite of Life); many means are sought—even a transcendental one.
3. The opposition of Life and Morality. Morality condemned and sentenced by Life.
D. To what extent was morality dangerous to Life?
(a) It depreciated the joy of living and the gratitude felt towards Life, etc.
(b) It checked the tendency to beautify and to ennoble Life.
(c) It checked the knowledge of Life.
(d) It checked the unfolding of Life, because it tried to set the highest phenomena thereof at variance with itself.
E. Contra-account: the usefulness of morality to Life.
(1) Morality may be a preservative measure for the general whole, it may be a process of uniting dispersed members: it is useful as an agent in the production of the man who is a "tool."