“The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.”

—  Friedrich Nietzsche

Der christliche Entschluss, die Welt hässlich und schlecht zu finden, hat die Welt hässlich und schlecht gemacht.
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Der christliche Entschluss, die Welt hässlich und schlecht zu finden, hat die Welt hässlich und schlecht gemacht.

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