Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular and convincing. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.222, Courier Corporation
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Partial knowledge is more triumphant than complete knowledge; it takes things to be simpler than they are, and so makes its theory more popular and convincing. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.222, Courier Corporation

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