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Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil Block b0294

Block 295 of 302

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290. Jeder tiefe Denker fürchtet mehr das Verstanden-werden, als das Missverstanden-werden. Am Letzteren leidet vielleicht seine Eitelkeit; am Ersteren aber sein Herz, sein Mitgefühl, welches immer spricht: „ach, warum wollt ihr es auch so schwer haben, wie ich?“

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

290. Every profound thinker fears being understood more than being misunderstood. His vanity may suffer from the latter, but his heart, his sympathy, suffers from the former and always says: “Ah, why do you want to have it as hard as I do?”

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

290. Tout penseur profond craint davantage d’être compris que d’être mal compris. De ce dernier mal souffre peut-être sa vanité ; mais du premier souffrent son cœur, sa compassion, qui ne cessent de dire : « Hélas, pourquoi voulez-vous que ce soit aussi difficile pour vous que pour moi ? »

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