“God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him.”
Sec. 125
The Gay Science (1882)
Context: God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?
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Gott ist todt! Gott bleibt todt! Und wir haben ihn getödtet! Wie trösten wir uns, die Mörder aller Mörder?
Der tolle Mensch, Drittes Buch, 125, S. 154,
Die fröhliche Wissenschaft
Variant: Gott ist tot! Gott bleibt tot! Und wir haben ihn getötet.
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