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Don Juan in Hell - The World, The Flesh, and your humble servant

posted 17 years ago by yosevuk
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I just read Don Juan in Hell and towards the end, The Devil says (refering Nietzsche's concept of superman):

"Well, he came here first, before he recovered his wits. I had some hopes of him; but he was a confirmed Life Force worshipper. It was he who raked up the Superman, who is as old as Prometheus; and the 20th century will run after this newest of the old crazes when it gets tired of the world, the flesh, and your humble servant."

Is this the source of this movie's title?

[–] ContinentalOp 16 years ago

It is very likely!

"Jai Guru Deva, Om"

[–] idcook 12 years ago

"From all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, spare us, good Lord."
— Book of Common Prayer (1549)

“Your thinking is untidy, like most so-called thinking today.” (Murder, My Sweet)