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PHILOSOPHY > philosopher, poet > Friedrich Nietzsche
It was modesty...
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It was modesty which in Greece invented the word philosopher and left the splendid arrogance of calling oneself wise to the actors of the spirit --the modesty of such monsters of pride and self-glorification as Pythagoras, as Plato.
Source: The Gay Science, aph. 351 (1887).
-- Friedrich Nietzsche, (Oct 15 1844-1900), German philosopher, poet; He was a noted critic of Christianity, conformism and nationalism who wrote The Birth of Tragedy, 1872.