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Science rushes headlong, without selectivity, without taste, at whatever is knowable, in the blind desire to know all at any cost.

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
Classical Scholar
Composer
Music Critic
Pedagogue
Philologist
Philosopher
Poet
University Teacher
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Frîdrîk Nîtşe
Fridrih Wilhelm Niče
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Federico Nietzsche
Frédéric Nietzsche
Friederich Nietzsche
Fryderyk Nietzsche
Fridrikh Nitche
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Phreiderikos Nitse
Whatever
Desire
Science
Knowable
Without
Headlong
Rushes
Blind
Cost
Taste

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