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“Everything good is instinct--and, as a result, easy, necessary, free.”

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and writer whose works have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, literature, and thought. His ideas revolve around concepts such as the 'will to power', the 'Übermensch', and the 'eternal recurrence'. more

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“We, however, want to become those we are--human beings who are new, unique, incomparable, who give themselves laws, who create themselves. To that end we must become the best learners and discoverers of everything that is lawful and necessary in the world: we must become physicists in order to be able to be creators in this sense--while hitherto all valuations and ideals have been based on ignorance of physics or were constructed so as to contradict it. Therefore: long live physics! And even more so that which compels us to turn to physics--our honesty!”

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“In a seriously intended intellectual emancipation a person's mute passions and cravings also hope to find their advantage.”

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Book:Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two

Source: Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two

“Not to be cowardly when it comes to our own actions! Not to leave them in the lurch!--The sting of conscience is indecent.”

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“The first opinion that occurs to us when we are suddenly asked about something is usually not our own but only the current one pertaining to our class, position, or parentage; our own opinions seldom swim on the surface.”

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“Illness is a clumsy attempt to arrive at health: we must come to nature's aid with intellect.”

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“I presume that you are compassionate: to be without pity means to be sick in body and spirit. But one should have spirit in abundance, so as to be permitted to be compassionate! For your pity is detrimental to you and to everyone.”

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“In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.”

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“When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.”

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“Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.”

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Book:Nietzsche: Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

Source: Nietzsche: Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality