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Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich NietzscheOriginal title Jenseits von Gut und Böse, Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft (German, 1886)

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that expands the ideas of his previous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra with a more critical and polemical approach. It was first published in 1886.


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“A moral system valid for all is basically immoral.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Beyond Good and Evil

Generally attributed to Nietzsche, this is a quotation from Curtis Cate's Friedrich Nietzsche: A Biography (2003) and is the author's interpretation of Nietzsche's Aphorism 221 (Beyond Good and Evil)
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“Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Beyond Good and Evil

Variant: In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Source: Beyond Good and Evil

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“Blessed are the forgetful; for they get over their stupidities, too.”

Friedrich Nietzsche book Beyond Good and Evil

Variant: Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.
Source: Beyond Good and Evil