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“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?”
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“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
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“Here the spirit becomes a lion who would conquer his freedom and be master…
Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and go? ‘Thou shalt’ is the name of the great dragon.
But the spirit of the lion says, ‘I will.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra - A Book For All And None
Who is the great dragon whom the spirit will no longer call lord and go? ‘Thou shalt’ is the name of the great dragon.
But the spirit of the lion says, ‘I will.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra - A Book For All And None
“I am nothing but I must be everything.”
― Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
― Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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