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I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.

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
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Dangerous
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Freedom
Understand
Spirit
Something
Unconditional

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