Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, "know thyself," but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.


The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche: Human, all-too-human (ed. 1911)

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, know thyself, but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.

Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, know thyself, but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.

Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, know thyself, but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.

Active, successful natures act, not according to the maxim, know thyself, but as if prompted by the commandment: will a self, and so become a self.