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Friedrich Nietzsche
Human, All Too Human I Block b0604
Block 609 of 656
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German
593. Eitelkeit und Ehrgeiz als Erzieher. - So lange Einer noch nicht zum Werkzeug des allgemeinen menschlichen Nutzens geworden ist, mag ihn der Ehrgeiz peinigen; ist jenes Ziel aber erreicht, arbeitet er mit Nothwendigkeit wie eine Maschine zum Besten Aller, so mag dann die Eitelkeit kommen; sie wird ihn im Kleinen vermenschlichen, geselliger, erträglicher, nachsichtiger machen, dann, wenn der Ehrgeiz die grobe Arbeit (ihn nützlich zu machen) an ihm vollendet hat.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
593. Vanity and Ambition as Educators. As long as someone has not yet become an instrument of general human benefit, ambition may torment him; but once that goal has been reached and he works by necessity, like a machine, for the good of all, then vanity may come. It will humanize him in small matters, make him more sociable, tolerable, and forbearing, once ambition has completed the coarse work upon him (making him useful).
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
593. Vanité et ambition comme éducatrices. Tant qu’un homme n’est pas encore devenu un instrument de l’utilité humaine générale, que l’ambition le tourmente ; mais une fois ce but atteint, lorsqu’il travaille nécessairement comme une machine au bien de tous, alors la vanité peut venir ; elle l’humanisera dans les petites choses, le rendra plus sociable, plus supportable, plus indulgent, après que l’ambition aura achevé sur lui le gros œuvre (le rendre utile).
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