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Every characteristic absence of spirituality, every piece of common vulgarity, is due to an inability to resist a stimulus - you have to react, you follow every impulse.

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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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Philologist
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Frîdrîk Nîtşe
Fridrih Wilhelm Niče
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Federico Nietzsche
Frédéric Nietzsche
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Fryderyk Nietzsche
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Phreiderikos Nitse
Follow
Inability
Pieces
Resist
Common
Characteristics
Every
Dues
Impulse
Vulgarity
Spirituality
Stimulus
Absence
Characteristic
Piece
React

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