He described pleasant feelings as “produced by the consciousness of good deeds (the so-called “good conscience” – a psychological state…). They are produced by faith, charity and hope – the Christian virtues” (par. 24). Within Nietzsche's “Genealogy of Morals” he elaborates on the alleged “Christian virtues” by saying: “Love is the state in which man sees things decidedly as they are not. The power of illusion is at its peak here, as is the power to soften and transfigure. In love man endures more, man endures everything. It was necessary to invent a religion in which one could love: the worst in life is thus overcome, it is no longer even seen." He also addressed the ideal of hope by saying: “Hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of