You have overcome yourself: but why do you show yourself to me only as the one overcome? I want to see the victor: cast roses into the abyss and say, “Here is my thanks to the monster, because it didn’t know how to swallow me!”

The speaker challenges someone who has overcome themselves to show the victor, not a wounded survivor. Triumph should be celebrated with defiant gratitude toward the very danger that failed to consume them. The abyss becomes an occasion for generous, proud thanks.

Context reviewed 29 September 2026