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Friedrich Nietzsche
Human, All Too Human II Block b0642
Block 643 of 769
Canonical reference b0642
German
225. Das ausschweifende Athen. - Selbst als der Fischmarkt Athen’s seine Denker und Dichter bekommen hatte, besass die griechische Ausschweifung immer noch ein idyllischeres und feineres Aussehen, als es je die römische oder die deutsche Ausschweifung hatte. Die Stimme Iuvenal’s hätte dort wie eine hohle Trompete geklungen: ein artiges und fast kindliches Gelächter hätte ihm geantwortet.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
225. Dissolute Athens. Even after the fish market of Athens had acquired its thinkers and poets, Greek dissoluteness still had a more idyllic and refined appearance than Roman or German dissoluteness ever had. Juvenal’s voice would have sounded there like a hollow trumpet; a good-natured and almost childlike laugh would have answered him.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
225. L’Athènes débauchée. Même lorsque le marché aux poissons d’Athènes eut trouvé ses penseurs et ses poètes, la débauche grecque conserva une apparence plus idyllique et plus raffinée que n’en eurent jamais la débauche romaine ou la débauche allemande. La voix de Juvénal y aurait sonné comme une trompette creuse ; un rire gracieux et presque enfantin lui aurait répondu.
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