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Friedrich Nietzsche

Twilight of the Idols Block b0016

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15. Posthume Menschen - ich zum Beispiel - werden schlechter verstanden als zeitgemässe, aber besser gehört. Strenger: wir werden nie verstanden - und daher unsre Autorität…

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

15. Posthumous people, I for example, are understood less well than those of their time, but heard better. More strictly: we are never understood, and hence our authority...

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

15. Les hommes posthumes, moi par exemple, sont moins bien compris que ceux de leur temps, mais mieux écoutés. Plus rigoureusement : nous ne sommes jamais compris, et de là vient notre autorité…

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