One is tired of living in the country, one moves to the city;

one is tired of one's native land, one travels abroad; one is europamüde, one goes to America, and so on; finally, one indulges in a dream of endless travel from star to star. Or the movement is different but still in extension. One is tired of dining off porcelain, one dines off silver; one tires of that, one dines off gold; one burns half of Rome to get an idea of the conflagration of Troy. This method defeats itself; it is the bad infinite. And what did Nero achieve?