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An advanced civilization values small scientific truths above magnificent metaphysical errors
Drawn from what Friedrich Nietzsche said
What Friedrich Nietzsche actually said
- Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher (1844 to 1900)
It is the characteristic of an advanced civilization to set a higher value upon little, simple truths, ascertained by scientific method, than upon the pleasing and magnificent errors originating in metaphysical and æsthetical epochs and peoples.
Where this was said
↗Human, All Too Human (1878; Alexander Harvey translation, 1908)gutenberg.org
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