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Friedrich Nietzsche

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189. Der Denker. - Er ist ein Denker: das heisst, er versteht sich darauf, die Dinge einfacher zu nehmen, als sie sind.

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189. The Thinker. He is a thinker: that is, he knows how to take things more simply than they are.

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189. Le penseur. C’est un penseur : cela signifie qu’il sait prendre les choses plus simplement qu’elles ne sont.

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