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Friedrich Nietzsche
Twilight of the Idols Block b0036
Block 36 of 147
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German
35. Es giebt Fälle, wo wir wie Pferde sind, wir Psychologen, und in Unruhe gerathen: wir sehen unsren eignen Schatten vor uns auf und niederschwanken. Der Psychologe muss von sich absehn, um überhaupt zu sehn.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
35. There are cases in which we psychologists are like horses and become restless: we see our own shadow rising and falling before us. The psychologist must look away from himself in order to see at all.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
35. Il est des cas où nous sommes comme des chevaux, nous autres psychologues, et nous nous inquiétons : nous voyons devant nous notre propre ombre osciller de haut en bas. Le psychologue doit faire abstraction de lui-même pour seulement voir.
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Eternal recurrence
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Genealogy of values
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Perspectival inquiry
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Ressentiment
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Self-overcoming
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Sin
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Will to power
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