XXXIV. Primordial HumanityNietzsche’s “tentative expression” of his “hypothesis” concerning the origins of guilt is given beginning in Section 16 and continuing until the end of the essay. The starting point is a hypothesis about human beings in their primitive state, in which their instincts, their unconscious drives, are “allowed free play” and are “discharged” without opposition. These instinct s “hard hitherto been the foundation of his power, his joy, and his awesomeness. The “wild, extravagant instincts” included: Hostility, Cruelty, Delight in Persecution, Excitement and Destruction.
