What does our great historical hunger signify, our clutchin… - Friedrich Nietzsche

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What does our great historical hunger signify, our clutching about us of countless cultures, our consuming desire for knowledge, if not the loss of myth, of a mythic home, the mythic womb?

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Birth of Tragedy · November 27, 2003 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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Todo el que disfruta cree que lo que importa del árbol es el fruto, cuando en realidad es la semilla.
He aquí la diferencia entre los que creen y los que disfrutan.

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State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it lies; and this lie slips from its mouth: 'I, the state, am the people.

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