Quote of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - 'Know yourself' is the whole of...
Biography - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:
German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet and philologist.
Born: 1844 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1844 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
'Know yourself' is the whole of science. Only at the end of the perception of all things will man have recognized himself. For things are only the borders of man.
Translation
(French, German)
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Quotes about thing:
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
Quotes about oneself:
Quotes for: knowledge
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Quotes for: limit
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.
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