hitherto we have been permitted to seek beauty only in the morally good - a fact which sufficiently accounts for our having found so little of it and having had to seek about for imaginary beauties without backbone! - As surely as the wicked enjoy a hundred kinds of happiness of which the virtuous have no inkling, so too they possess a hundred kinds of beauty: and many of them have not yet been discovered.

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About Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher of the late 19th century, Nietzsche is best known for his critical examination of traditional morality and religion, as well as his influential concepts like the "will to power" and the "Übermensch." His provocative critiques of culture, art, and human nature continue to shape philosophical and psychological thought.

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