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“I have grown weary of the poets, the old and the new; they all seem to me superficial and shallow seas.... Truly, their spirit itself is the peacock of peacocks and a sea of vanity!”

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Friedrich Nietzsche
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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