Things the Germans Lack, 51
Twilight of the Idols (1888)
“Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size that everyone does not know everyone else.”
Book II, Chapter 1, p. 149
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
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