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Antichrist (book) Friedrich Nietzsche Pindar

The Antichrist § 1

—Let us look ourselves in the face. We are Hyperboreans, — we know well enough how remote our place is. ‘Neither by land nor by sea will you find the way to the Hyperboreans’: Pindar had already known this about us. Beyond the North, beyond ice, beyond death — our lives, our happiness…
Better to live on the ice than among modern virtues and other south winds!…

One reply on “The Antichrist § 1”

I understand that this is metaphorical, but I have always felt more at home in colder, snowy environments than in the warmer ones. I also prefer overcast weather to a sunny sky.

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