Whatever cannot obey itself, is commanded. Such is the natu… - Friedrich Nietzsche

" "
Whatever cannot obey itself, is commanded. Such is the nature of living things.

Friedrich Nietzsche

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

English

Collect this quote

About Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche • Nietzsche

All quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche Similar Quotes by other Originators

Original (German)

Dem wird befohlen, der sich nicht selber gehorchen kann. So ist es des Lebendigen Art.

View original quote

Originators like Friedrich Nietzsche:

G. K. Chesterton Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Søren Kierkegaard Arthur Schopenhauer Aldous Huxley

Additional quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions — as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.

Worldly Wisdom

Do not stay in the field!
Nor climb out of sight.
The best view of the world
Is from a medium height.

Whatever cannot obey itself, is commanded. Such is the nature of living things. - Friedrich Nietzsche

About Friedrich Nietzsche

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche