text_original: ASCETIC IDEALS 121 The idea, which is the subject of this dispute, is the value of our life from the standpoint of the ascetic priests: this life, then (together with the whole of which it is a part, "Nature," "the world," the whole sphere of becom  ing and passing away), is placed by them in relation to an existence of quite another character, which it excludes and to which it is opposed, unless it deny its own self: in this case, the case of an ascetic life, life is taken as a bridge to another existence.
text_transcription: THE IDEA WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS DISPUTE IS THE VALUE OF OUR LIFE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE ASCETIC PRIESTS THIS LIFE THEN TOGETHER WITH THE WHOLE OF WHICH IT IS PART NATURE THE WORLD THE WHOLE SPHERE OF THE COMING AND PASSING AWAY IS PLACED BY THEM IN RELATION TO AN EXISTENCE OF QUITE ANOTHER CHARACTER WHICH IT EXCLUDES INTO WHICH IT IS OPPOSED UNLESS IT DENY ITS OWN SELF IN THIS CASE THE CASE OF AN ASCETIC LIFE IS TAKEN AS A BRIDGE TO ANOTHER EXISTENCE
phonemes: ɐsˈɛɾɪk aɪdˈiəlz wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti wˈʌn ðɪ aɪdˈiə, wˌɪtʃ ɪz ðə sˈʌbdʒɛkt ʌv ðɪs dɪspjˈuːt, ɪz ðə vˈæljuː ʌv ˌaʊɚ lˈaɪf fɹʌmðə stˈændpɔɪnt ʌvðɪ ɐsˈɛɾɪk pɹˈiːsts: ðɪs lˈaɪf, ðˈɛn (təɡˌɛðɚ wɪððə hˈoʊl ʌvwˈɪtʃ ɪɾ ɪz ɐ pˈɑːɹt, "nˈeɪtʃɚ," "ðə wˈɜːld," ðə hˈoʊl sfˈɪɹ ʌv bᵻkˈɑːm ˈɪŋ ænd pˈæsɪŋ ɐwˈeɪ), ɪz plˈeɪst baɪ ðˌɛm ɪn ɹᵻlˈeɪʃən tʊ ɐn ɛɡzˈɪstəns ʌv kwˈaɪt ɐnˈʌðɚ kˈæɹɪktɚ, wˌɪtʃ ɪɾ ɛksklˈuːdz ænd tə wˌɪtʃ ɪɾ ɪz əpˈoʊzd, ʌnlˈɛs ɪt dᵻnˈaɪ ɪts ˈoʊn sˈɛlf: ɪn ðɪs kˈeɪs, ðə kˈeɪs əvən ɐsˈɛɾɪk lˈaɪf, lˈaɪf ɪz tˈeɪkən æz ɐ bɹˈɪdʒ tʊ ɐnˈʌðɚɹ ɛɡzˈɪstəns.