Calvinistic predestination of sin drove Byron into theatrical rebellion and remorse.

Evidence

Calvinism, which he never shook off—to Shelley, in 1816, he described himself as ‘Methodist, Calvinist, Augustinian’—made him feel that his manner of life was wicked; but wickedness, he told himself, was a hereditary curse in his blood, an evil fate to which he was predestined by the Almighty. … Through her simplicity and her obliging good-nature, she became the means of providing him with the most delicious self-congratulatory remorse. He could feel himself the equal of the greatest sinners—the peer of Manfred, of Cain, almost of Satan himself. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2713

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2713
• XREF: connects to: Nietzsche extended Byron’s Satanic pride into a direct denial of gods. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2714

Broader Connections

• Nietzsche extended Byron’s Satanic pride into a direct denial of gods. #expands (0.75) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2714