Famous Quotes | Our vanity wishes precisely what...

Our vanity wishes precisely what we do best to be regarded as what is most difficult to us. On the origin of many a morality. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Attribution: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), German philosopher, classical scholar, critic of culture. Friedrich Nietzsche, Sämtliche Werke: Kritische Studienausgabe, vol. 5, p. 98, eds. Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, Berlin, de Gruyter (1980). Beyond Good and Evil, “Fourth Part: Maxims and Interludes,” section 143 (1886).

Categories: Classical Scholar, Critic Of Culture, Morality, Philosopher, Self-overcoming

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