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Friedrich Nietzsche
Human, All Too Human II Block b0207
Block 207 of 769
Canonical reference b0207
German
200. Original. - Nicht dass man etwas Neues zuerst sieht, sondern dass man das Alte, Altbekannte, von Jedermann Gesehene und Uebersehene wie neu sieht, zeichnet die eigentlich originalen Köpfe aus. Der erste Entdecker ist gemeinhin jener ganz gewöhnliche und geistlose Phantast - der Zufall.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
200. Original. What distinguishes truly original minds is not that they are the first to see something new, but that they see as if new what is old, long familiar, seen and overlooked by everyone. The first discoverer is generally that entirely ordinary and mindless fantasist: chance.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
200. Original. Ce n’est pas de voir le premier quelque chose de nouveau, mais de voir comme nouveau ce qui est ancien, connu de longue date, vu et négligé par tous, qui distingue les esprits véritablement originaux. Le premier découvreur est ordinairement ce rêveur tout à fait commun et dépourvu d’esprit: le hasard.
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