Quote#God & Faith
Nietzsche, unlike Jesus Christ, did not mistake his common folk and…
Quote byOscar Levy · 1867–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Revival of Aristocracy (1906), p. 49..
English (original)
Nietzsche, unlike Jesus Christ, did not mistake his common folk and their ideals; he knew all they wanted was bread and fish, and that they spurned the bread which “cometh from Heaven.”
— Oscar Levy
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