For the purpose of knowledge we must know how to make use of the inwar…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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For the purpose of knowledge we must know how to make use of the inward current which draws us towards a thing, and also of the current which after a time draws us away from it. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.211, Courier Corporation
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For the purpose of knowledge we must know how to make use of the inward current which draws us towards a thing, and also of the current which after a time draws us away from it. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two, p.211, Courier Corporation

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