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Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, “know thyself,” but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Attribution: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, vol. 2, p. 524, eds. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, Berlin, de Gruyter (1980). Mixed Opinions and Maxims, aphorism 366 (1879).

Categories: Classical Scholar, Critic Of Culture, Philosopher, Self, Self-knowledge

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