Christianity remains to this day the greatest misfortune of humanity.
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In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Pain and pleasure both contribute to our understanding and survival.
This quote by Friedrich Nietzsche suggests that both pain and pleasure hold valuable lessons and insights. It emphasizes that experiences of suffering can be just as enlightening as those of joy, both playing crucial roles in the survival and development of a species. Essentially, the wisdom gained from pain is as significant as that derived from pleasure, underscoring the duality of human experience.
Themes
PainPleasureWisdomSurvivalExperience
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about resilience, one might say, 'Remember that in pain there is wisdom that can guide your path forward.'
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Watch them clamber, these swift monkeys! They clamber over one another and thus drag one another into the mud and the depth. They all want to get to the throne: that is their madness β as if happiness sat on the throne. Often, mud sits on the throne β and often the throne also on mud. Mad they all appear to me, clambering monkeys and overardent. Foul smells their idol, the cold monster: foul, they smell to me altogether, these idolators.
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