Friedrich Nietzsche: Frasi in inglese (pagina 17)

Origine: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Origine: Dithyrambs of Dionysus

Origine: Selected Letters

Variant translation: In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering in innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge. That was the highest and most mendacious minute of "world history" — yet only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths the star grew cold, and the clever animals had to die.
One might invent such a fable and still not have illustrated sufficiently how wretched, how shadowy and flighty, how aimless and arbitrary, the human intellect appears in nature. There have been eternities when it did not exist; and when it is done for again, nothing will have happened.
On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense (1873)
Contesto: Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of "world history," but nevertheless, it was only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die. One might invent such a fable, and yet he still would not have adequately illustrated how miserable, how shadowy and transient, how aimless and arbitrary the human intellect looks within nature. There were eternities during which it did not exist. And when it is all over with the human intellect, nothing will have happened.

Origine: Untimely Meditations

Origine: Twilight of the Idols

Origine: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Maxims and Arrows, 12
Variant translations:
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
As translated in Man's Search For Meaning (1946) by Viktor Frankl
Variante: He who has a Why? in life can tolerate almost any How?
Origine: Twilight of the Idols (1888)

Origine: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Origine: The Anti-Christ

Origine: The Birth of Tragedy

Origine: Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

Origine: Human, All Too Human

Origine: The Gay Science

Maxims and Arrows, 27
Twilight of the Idols (1888)

Origine: Human, All Too Human