At a certain place in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, for example, he migh…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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At a certain place in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, for example, he might feel that he is floating above the earth in a starry dome, with the dream of immortality in his heart; all the stars seem to glimmer around him, and the earth seems to sink ever deeper downwards. ✨ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1984). Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, p.106, U of Nebraska Press
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