“ Much is reckoned higher than life itself by the living one ”
Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1891). copy citation
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
|---|---|
| Source | Thus Spoke Zarathustra |
| Topic | life living |
| Date | 1891 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated By Thomas Common |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1998/1998-h/1998-h.htm |
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“For what is not, cannot will; that, however, which is in existence—how could it still strive for existence!
Only where there is life, is there also will: not, however, Will to Life, but—so teach I thee—Will to Power!
Much is reckoned higher than life itself by the living one; but out of the very reckoning speaketh—the Will to Power!”—
Thus did Life once teach me: and thereby, ye wisest ones, do I solve you the riddle of your hearts.
Verily, I say unto you: good and evil which would be everlasting—it doth not exist!”
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