Potentially copyrighted passage By consulting this text, you confirm that you may use it for personal and educational purposes. Do not reproduce its content. If the book helps you, buy it to support the author or rights holders.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Human, All Too Human I Block b0581

Block 586 of 656

Canonical reference b0581

German

570. Schatten in der Flamme. - Die Flamme ist sich selber nicht so hell, als den Anderen, denen sie leuchtet: so auch der Weise.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

570. Shadow in the Flame. The flame is not as bright to itself as it is to those upon whom it shines; so too with the wise man.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

570. Ombre dans la flamme. La flamme n'est pas aussi lumineuse pour elle-même que pour les autres, qu'elle éclaire ; il en va de même du sage.

Concepts in this passage

Before reading

What you will learn

Open the full record