It was modesty that invented the word "philosopher" in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of the spirit--the modesty of such monsters of pride and sovereignty as Pythagoras, as Plato.


The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs (ed. Vintage, 2010) - ISBN: 9780307434173

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

It was modesty that invented the word philosopher in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of...

It was modesty that invented the word philosopher in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of...

It was modesty that invented the word philosopher in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of...

It was modesty that invented the word philosopher in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of...