Friedrich Nietzsche

"When I was twelve years old I thought up an odd trinity: namely, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Devil. My inference wasthat God, in contemplating himself, created the second person of the godhead; but that, in order to be able to contemplate himself, he had to contemplate, and thus to create, his opposite.--With this I began to do philosophy."

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Source: Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two”, p.76, Courier Corporation

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher, Writer

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher known for his critique of morality and religion, particularly through works like 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.'

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