"[T]he study of Schopenhauer, combined with the reading of the New Testament, shaped itself inside my mind into a harmonic whole, which united the most powerful claims of science with the equally imperative needs of the religious mentality in a completely satisfy- ing way. Schopenhauer’s name was always on my lips; I plagued people [ hardly knew with it; the whole day, in so far as it belonged to me, I devoted myself to his ideas and at night, they followed me into my dreams. .. ."