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Subject: Friedrich Nietzche quotation
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: dangyatjan-ga
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Posted: 27 Feb 2004 15:10 PST
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Question ID: 311556
The quote, "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.", has been
attributed to Friedrich Nietszche. But <where> in his works is it to
be found?

Thanks!
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Subject: Re: Friedrich Nietzche quotation
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 27 Feb 2004 16:18 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Dangyatjan,

In the book Twilight of the Idols,  Nietzsche wrote ? Whatever does
not kill me makes me stronger.?

This quotation is located on page 5, chapter I.

Maxim Number 8

?From the Military School of Life - Whatever does not kill me makes me stronger.?

Twilight of the Idols or How to Philosophize With a Hammer (Oxford
World's Classics)
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Paperback: 176 pages ; 
Publisher: Oxford University Press; (May 1998) 
ISBN: 0192831380 

Amazon.com: Search Inside This Book Fetaure
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0192831380/104-8432693-4803166


In Twilight of the Idols, a book that is to be a "declaration of war"
but also a "wounding" of himself, he writes: "From the military school
of life: whatever does not kill me makes me stronger."

American Political Science Review, Sept, 1998, by Tracy B. Strong
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0259/n3_v92/21135653/p2/article.jhtml?term


?From the military school of life. - What does not kill me makes me
stronger.? - Friedrich W. Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, or How to
Philosophize With a Hammer, 1889; maxim number eight.
http://www.manions.com/trendline/211trendline/blood.htm


"From the military school of life. -- What does not kill me makes me stronger."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, "Maxims and Arrows," 8
http://www.compleatheretic.com/bio/soldier.html


Friedrich Nietzsche:   "Twilight of the Idols- Maxims and Arrows":

"Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens. - Was mich nicht umbringt, macht
mich stärker." (From the military school of life - What does not kill
me, makes me stronger.)
http://www.abusivechurches.com/commentary_WP1.php


Search criteria:
"not kill * makes * stronger" Nietzsche
"Military School of Life" Nietzsche


I hope you find this helpful!

Bets regards,
Bobbie7
dangyatjan-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $5.00
Hello Bobbie7,

Thanks so much for your answer and the sources. 

I'm sorry for this late response, but I haven't been able to log in for a while.

Best regards.

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Subject: Re: Friedrich Nietzche quotation
From: bobbie7-ga on 14 Mar 2004 08:40 PST
 
Thank you for the five star rating and tip!
--Bobbie7

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