Inner turmoil

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One must have chaos inside oneself to give birth to a dancing star.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Inner turmoil Genius Creativity

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 1.

There's nothing of so infinite vexation
As man's own thoughts.

John Webster

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Topic

Inner turmoil Inner life

Speaker

Flamineo

Author

John Webster

Source

The White Devil

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1612 1610s 17th century

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Original Citation

Webster, John. The White Divel; or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano. With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous Venetian Curtizan. 1612, Red Bull Theatre, Clerkenwell, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 6.

Current Citation

Webster, John. "The White Devil." The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, edited by Jane Kingsley-Smith. Penguin Classics, 2015, act 5, sc. 6.

We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

Epictetus

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Topic

Thoughts Inner turmoil

Author

Epictetus

Source

The Enchiridion

Language

Greek

Time

125 120s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou [Enchiridion of Epictetus]. c. 125 CE, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Epictetus. Enchiridion, translated by George Long. Dover Publications, 2004, ch. 5.

Trembled to think of that mysterious thing in the soul, which seems to acknowledge no human jurisdiction, but in spite of the individual's own innocent self, will still dream horrid dreams, and mutter unmentionable thoughts.

Herman Melville

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

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Topic

Divided self Duality of man Inner turmoil

Author

Herman Melville

Source

Pierre; or, The Ambiguities

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Pierre; or, The Ambiguities. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852, bk. 4, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, edited by Robert S. Levine and Cindy Weinstein. W. W. Norton & Company, 2017, bk. 4, ch. 2.