What? A great man? I always see merely the play-actor of hi… - Friedrich Nietzsche

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What? A great man? I always see merely the play-actor of his own ideal.

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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.

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The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men — -as well as his great moments of grand harmony — -a rare accident even in us! A sort of planetary motion — -

Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.

My wisdom has accumulated long like a cloud, it becomes stiller and darker. So does all wisdom which shall one day bear lightnings.-

What? A great man? I always see merely the play-actor of his own ideal. - Friedrich Nietzsche

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