The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, ther…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.32, Courier Corporation
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The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.32, Courier Corporation

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