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We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers and yet we possess nothing but metaphors for things - metaphors which correspond in no way to the original entities.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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Classical Philologist
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Frîdrîk Nîtşe
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Tree
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Speak
Flowers
Nature
Trees
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Snow
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Believe
Original
Entity
Way
Flower
Colors

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