Saturday, June 13, 2020

 

On Top

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science I, 13 (tr. Walter Kaufmann):
Those who feel "I possess Truth"—how many possessions would they not abandon in order to save this feeling! What would they not throw overboard to stay "on top"—which means, above the others who lack "the Truth"!

Wer da empfindet, "ich bin im Besitz der Wahrheit," wie viel Besitzthümer lässt der nicht fahren, um diese Empfindung zu retten! Was wirft er nicht Alles über Bord, um sich "oben" zu erhalten,—das heisst über den Andern, welche der "Wahrheit" ermangeln!



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