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Full Idea
All of us ponder our existences, but Nietzsche strove to lead the kind of life that would yield food for thought.
Gist of Idea
Nietzsche tried to lead a thought-provoking life
Source
comment on Friedrich Nietzsche (Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari) [1885], 01) by Rüdiger Safranski - Nietzsche: a philosophical biography 01
Book Ref
Safranski,Rüdiger: 'Nietzsche: a philosophical biography' [Granta 2003], p.27
A Reaction
Could Nietzsche possibly be a role model for us in this respect? If I were starting afresh, guided by this thought, I'm not sure how I would go about it. It is Nietzsche's astonishing independence of thought that hits you.