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The concepts soul, spirit and last of all the concept immortal soul were invented in order to despise the body, in order to make it sick - holy - in order to cultivate an attitude of appalling disrespect for all things in life which deserve to be treated seriously i.

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
Fridrih Wilhelm Niče
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Federico Nietzsche
Frédéric Nietzsche
Friederich Nietzsche
Fryderyk Nietzsche
Fridrikh Nitche
Frederic Nietzsche
Phreiderikos Nitse
Order
Deserve
Cultivate
Body
Sick
Despise
Soul
Holy
Invented
Make
Attitude
Immortal
Things
Lasts
Concept
Life
Last
Seriously
Religion
Treated
Appalling
Spirit
Concepts
Disrespect

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