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May 24, 2006
one thing is needful...
One thing is needful-to "give style" to one's character-a great an rare art! It is practiced by those who survey all the strengths and weaknesses of their nature and then fit them into an artistic plan until every one of them appears as art and reason and even weaknesses delight the eye. Here a large mass of second nature has been added: there a piece of original nature has been removed-both times through long practice and daily work at it. Here the ugly that could not be removed is concealed; there it has been reinterpreted and made sublime.
Nietzsche - The Gay Science
Posted by amin at May 24, 2006 12:27 AM