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Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil Block b0140
Block 140 of 302
Canonical reference b0140
German
137. Im Verkehre mit Gelehrten und Künstlern verrechnet man sich leicht in umgekehrter Richtung: man findet hinter einem merkwürdigen Gelehrten nicht selten einen mittelmässigen Menschen, und hinter einem mittelmässigen Künstler sogar oft - einen sehr merkwürdigen Menschen.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
137. In dealings with scholars and artists, one easily miscalculates in opposite directions: behind a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre human being, and behind a mediocre artist one often finds a very remarkable human being.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
137. Dans les rapports avec les savants et les artistes, on se trompe aisément en sens inverse : derrière un savant remarquable, on trouve assez souvent un homme médiocre, et derrière un artiste médiocre, souvent même un homme très remarquable.
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Eternal recurrence
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Genealogy of values
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Poverty and wealth
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Self-overcoming
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Will to power
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