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All good things were previously wicked things; every original sin has become an original virtue. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Attribution: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, vol. 5, p. 358, eds. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, Berlin, de Gruyter (1980). On the Genealogy of Morals, “Third Essay,” section 9 (1887).

Categories: Classical Scholar, Critic Of Culture, Good And Bad, Philosopher, Sin, Original, Virtue And Vice

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