Famous Quotes | Around the hero everything turns...

Around the hero everything turns into a tragedy, around the demigod, a satyr-play, and around God—what? perhaps a “world”? - Friedrich Nietzsche
Attribution: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, vol. 5, p. 99, eds. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, Berlin, de Gruyter (1980). Beyond Good and Evil, “Fourth Part: Maxims and Interludes,” section 150 (1886).

Categories: Classical Scholar, Critic Of Culture, Demigods, God, Heroes And Heroines, Philosopher

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