as the "people of the centre" in everysense of the term, the Germans are more intangible, more ample, more contradictory, more unknown, more incalculable, more surprising, and even more terrifying than other peoples are to themselves:--they escape DEFINITION, and are thereby alone the despair of the French.
Friedrich NietzscheAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher, Writer
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: October 15, 1844
- Died: August 25, 1900
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