Visiting the sick' is an orgasm of superiority in the conte… - Friedrich Nietzsche

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Visiting the sick' is an orgasm of superiority in the contemplation of our neighbor's helplessness

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra · March 30, 1978 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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Alternative Names: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche • Nietzsche

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He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster . . . when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you

It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so much art, surface, play of colors, graciousness that his sight no longer makes one suffer. — -

And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.

Visiting the sick' is an orgasm of superiority in the contemplation of our neighbor's helplessness - Friedrich Nietzsche

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