“[Nietzsche] attributes to himself an extremely vivid and sensitive instinct of cleanliness. At the first contact the filth lying at the base of another's nature is revealed to him. The unclean are therefore ill at ease hi his presence” FirstsLyingInstinctIllContactEaseSensitiveAttributesVividCleanlinessFilthFirst Contact Book:Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition) Source: Friedrich Nietzsche (English Edition)
“It appears to Nietzsche that the modern age has produced for imitation three types of man ... First, Rousseau's man, the Titan who raises himself ... and in his need calls upon holy nature. Then Goethe's man ... a spectator of the world ... Third Schopenhauer's man ... voluntarily takes upon himself the pain of telling the truth.” MenWorldNeedsFirstsAgePainThreeModernTypeHolyThirdsRaisesTelling The TruthImitationSpectatorsTitansModern Age Author:Georg Brandes
“My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it.” ShouldYearsFirstsMadeGrowsNaturalSmileCirclesAcademicAcquaintanceNew FriendsLost FriendshipLost FriendNew FriendshipNew Acquaintances Author:Georg Brandes
“But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.” YearsFirstsStrongForceExistenceFundamentalsCaughtTwelveGlimpseDestined Author:Georg Brandes
