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admiration adventurer æsthetic artist asceticism attained attitude Basel Bayreuth beauty called Casanova Casanova's Mémoires Chantelouve charm chief chiefly Christianity Church civilisation classic conception coprolalia critical culture decadence delight Dionysus doubt Durtal early eighteenth century emotion energy England English essay Esseintes expression eyes facts fine living finest Francis freethinker French genius German Goethe greatest Greek human Huysmans ideal idealist immoralist insight instinct intellectual interest J. S. Mill Jesus knew L'Assommoir later literary literature living matter ment modern world moral moralist morbid natural never Nietzsche Nietzsche's novel pagan pain passion Petronius Pforta philosopher physical possessed purity question race realise Rebours recognised regard religion remains reveal saints scarcely Schopenhauer seems sense soul spirit style temperament Tertullian things thought tion Victorian era vigorous virtue vision Wagner whole women writer wrote youth Zarathustra Zola Zola's