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Full Idea
From the military school of life. - What does not kill me makes me stronger.
Gist of Idea
Military idea: what does not kill me makes me stronger
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], Maxim 08)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.23
A Reaction
The published version! Perhaps the most famous remark in all of Nietzsche, and no one realises it is ironic! It is a sarcastic remark about the battering ram mentality of the Prussian militarist! He had served in the army.
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