Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

Selig sind die Vergesslichen: denn sie werden auch mit ihren Dummheiten "fertig".

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

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Topic

Forgetfulness

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

Beyond Good and Evil

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 7, no. 217.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 7, no. 217.

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Medium
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Time
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Current Citation

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Doubt grows with knowledge.

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Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.

Current Citation

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