Chapter 199: Chapter 199

II The Lowest Depths There disinterestedness vanishes. The demon is vaguely outlined; each one is for himself. The “I” in the eyes howls, seeks, fumbles, and gnaws. The social Ugolino is in this gulf. The wild spectres who roam in this grave, almost beasts, almost phantoms, are not occupied with universal progress; they are ignorant both of the idea and of the word; they take no thought for anything but the satisfaction of their individual desires. They are almost unconscious, and ther…