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Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Poem · Philosophical literature

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

In the original German

Moralität ist Heerden-Instinct im Einzelnen.

Friedrich Nietzsche
The Gay Science · 1882
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Current citation
Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 116.
Original citation
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 116.

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