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Without music, life would be a mistake. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophical literature

Without music, life would be a mistake.

In the original German

Ohne Musik wäre das Leben ein Irrtum.

Friedrich Nietzsche
Twilight of the Idols · 1889
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Power of musicMusic
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Philosophical literature
Time
1889
Person
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Nietzsche, Frederick. Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer, translated by Walter Kaufman and R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990.
Original citation
Nietzsche, Frederick. Götzen-Dämmerung, oder, Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert [Twilight of the Idols or How to Philosophize with a Hammer]. Leipzig: Verlag von C. G. Naumann, 1889.

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