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    "title": "Beyond Good and Evil",
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            "text": "285. Die grössten Ereignisse und Gedanken — aber die grössten Gedanken sind die grössten Ereignisse — werden am spätesten begriffen: die Geschlechter, welche mit ihnen gleichzeitig sind, erleben solche Ereignisse nicht, — sie leben daran vorbei. Es geschieht da Etwas, wie im Reich der Sterne. Das Licht der fernsten Sterne kommt am spätesten zu den Menschen; und bevor es nicht angekommen ist, leugnet der Mensch, dass es dort — Sterne giebt. „Wie viel Jahrhunderte braucht ein Geist, um begriffen zu werden?“ — das ist auch ein Maassstab, damit schafft man auch eine Rangordnung und Etiquette, wie sie noth thut: für Geist und Stern. —",
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            "text": "285. The greatest events and thoughts, but the greatest thoughts are the greatest events, are understood last: the generations contemporary with them do not experience such events; they live past them. Something happens there as in the realm of the stars. The light of the most distant stars reaches human beings last; and before it has arrived, the human being denies that there are stars there. “How many centuries does a spirit require in order to be understood?” That too is a standard; with it one too creates an order of rank and an etiquette, as is needed: for spirit and star. -",
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            "text": "285. Les plus grands événements et les plus grandes pensées, mais les plus grandes pensées sont les plus grands événements, sont compris en dernier : les générations qui en sont contemporaines ne vivent pas de tels événements, elles passent à côté. Il se produit là quelque chose de semblable à ce qui arrive dans le royaume des étoiles. La lumière des étoiles les plus lointaines parvient la dernière aux hommes ; et avant qu’elle ne soit arrivée, l’homme nie qu’il y ait là des étoiles. « De combien de siècles un esprit a-t-il besoin pour être compris ? » C’est là aussi une mesure ; par elle aussi on établit une hiérarchie et une étiquette, comme il est nécessaire : pour l’esprit et pour l’étoile.",
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