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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.

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Age: 55 †
Born: 1844
Born: October 15
Died: 1900
Died: August 25
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Classical Philologist
Classical Scholar
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Music Critic
Pedagogue
Philologist
Philosopher
Poet
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Frîdrîk Nîtşe
Fridrih Wilhelm Niče
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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Color
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Tree
Possess
Speak
Flowers
Nature
Trees
Correspond
Nothing
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Something
Snow
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Believe
Original
Entity
Way
Flower
Colors

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