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Full Idea
Suffering is the meaning of existence.
Gist of Idea
Suffering is the meaning of existence
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74 [1873], 32 [67])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished of 'Unfashionable Obs' period (v 11)', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.336
A Reaction
This doesn't mean that he is advocating suffering. The context of his remark is that the pursuit of truth involves suffering.