What I understand by "philosopher": a terrible explosive in the presence of which everything is in danger.

Wie ich den Philosophen verstehe, als einen furchtbaren Explosionsstoff, vor dem Alles in Gefahr ist.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Ecce Homo

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Topic

Philosophers

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

Ecce Homo

Genre

Autobiography and memoir Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Definition

Language

German

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist [Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is]. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1908.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is, translated by Duncan Large. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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