Human, All Too Human Second Division - The History of the Moral Sentiments Part 2

In which the intricate theatre of human conduct is inspected with a discerning eye—executions chill not for their deed but for their cold inevitability, hope is unmasked as both tormentor and sustainer, and vanity is revealed as the delicate skin cloaking the soul's passions. A vast panorama unfolds, revealing justice as an exchange born of power and equality, morality as obedience to long-standing custom steeped in pleasure and utility, and freedom of will as the illusion that shrouds the inexorable mechanism of necessity and innocence.