Those moralists, on the other hand, who, following in the footsteps of…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Those moralists, on the other hand, who, following in the footsteps of Socrates, offer the individual a morality of self-control and temperance as a means to his own advantage, as his personal key to happiness, are the exceptions. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2006). Nietzsche: 'On the Genealogy of Morality' and Other Writings Student Edition, p.134, Cambridge University Press
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