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Our destiny rules over us, even when we are not yet aware of it; it is the future that… — Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophical literature

Our destiny rules over us, even when we are not yet aware of it; it is the future that makes laws for our to-day.

In the original German

Unsre Bestimmung verfügt über uns, auch wenn wir sie noch nicht kennen; es ist die Zukunft, die unserm Heute die Regel gibt. Gesetztten

Friedrich Nietzsche
Human, All Too Human · 1878
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Philosophical literature
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1878
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, translated by Marion Faber and Stephen Lehmann. University of Nebraska Press, 1984, preface.
Original citation
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister [Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeizner, 1878, preface.

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