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Ecce homo. Wie man wird, was man ist
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
(1888)

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As it is my intention within a very short time to confront my
fellow-men with the very greatest demand that has ever yet been made
upon them, it seems to me _above_ all necessary to declare here who
and what I am. As a matter of fact, this ought to be pretty well
known already, for I have not "held my tongue" about myself. But
the disparity which obtains between the greatness of my task and the
smallness of my contemporaries, is revealed by the fact that people
have neither heard me nor yet seen me. I live on my own self-made
credit, and it is probably only a prejudice to suppose that I am alive
at all. I do but require to speak to any one of the scholars who come
to the Ober-Engadine in the summer in order to convince myself that I
am _not_ alive.... Under these circumstances, it is a duty--and one
against which my customary reserve, and to a still greater degree the
pride of my instincts, rebel--to say: _Listen! for I am such and such a
person. For Heaven's sake do not confound me with any one else!_

Como preveo que dentro de poco tendré que dirigirme a la humanidad presentándole la más grave exigencia que jamás se le ha hecho, me parece indispensable decir quién soy yo. En el fondo sería lícito saberlo ya: pues no he dejado de «dar testimonio» de mí. Mas la desproporción entre la grandeza de mi tarea y la pequeñez de mis contemporáneos se ha puesto de manifiesto en el hecho de que ni me han oído ni tampoco me han visto siquiera. Yo vivo de mi propio crédito; ¿acaso es un mero prejuicio que yo vivo? Me basta hablar con cualquier «persona culta» de las que en verano vienen a la Alta Engadina para convencerme de que yo no vivo. En estas circunstancias existe un deber contra el cual se rebelan en el fondo mis hábitos y aún más el orgullo de mis instintos, a saber, el deber de decir: ¡Escuchadme, pues yo soy tal y tal. ¡Sobre todo, no me confundáis con otros!

well: You use well to say that something was done in a good way.
ever: Ever means at any time.
suppose: To suppose is to guess.
necessary: If something is necessary, you must do it.
require: To require something is to say that it is necessary.
against: To be against something is to be touching it or opposed to it.
still: Still is used when you say that a situation keeps going on.
either: Either is used with or to say there are two or more possibilities.
thin: If someone or something is thin, they are not fat.
demand: To demand something is to say strongly that you want it.
yet: Yet is used to say something has not happened up to now.
else: If you talk about something else, you talk about something different.
alive: If someone or something is alive, they are not dead.
already: If something happens already, it happens before a certain time.
serve: To serve someone is to give them food or drinks.
task: A task is work that someone has to do.
neither: You use neither to connect two negative statements.
ride: To ride something is to travel on it. You can ride an animal, a bike, etc.
own: To own something means to have it. That thing belongs to you.
within: You use within to say that something is inside another thing.
gain: If you gain something, you get more of it.
above: If something is above, it is at a higher level than something else.

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Ecce homo. Wie man wird, was man ist Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1888)

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Ecce Homo		Ecce homo. Cómo se llega a ser lo que se es
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As it is my intention within a very short time to confront my fellow-men with the very greatest demand that has ever yet been made upon them, it seems to me _above_ all necessary to declare here who and what I am. As a matter of fact, this ought to be pretty well known already, for I have not "held my tongue" about myself. But the disparity which obtains between the greatness of my task and the smallness of my contemporaries, is revealed by the fact that people have neither heard me nor yet seen me. I live on my own self-made credit, and it is probably only a prejudice to suppose that I am alive at all. I do but require to speak to any one of the scholars who come to the Ober-Engadine in the summer in order to convince myself that I am _not_ alive.... Under these circumstances, it is a duty--and one against which my customary reserve, and to a still greater degree the pride of my instincts, rebel--to say: _Listen! for I am such and such a person. For Heaven's sake do not confound me with any one else!_		Como preveo que dentro de poco tendré que dirigirme a la humanidad presentándole la más grave exigencia que jamás se le ha hecho, me parece indispensable decir quién soy yo. En el fondo sería lícito saberlo ya: pues no he dejado de «dar testimonio» de mí. Mas la desproporción entre la grandeza de mi tarea y la pequeñez de mis contemporáneos se ha puesto de manifiesto en el hecho de que ni me han oído ni tampoco me han visto siquiera. Yo vivo de mi propio crédito; ¿acaso es un mero prejuicio que yo vivo? Me basta hablar con cualquier «persona culta» de las que en verano vienen a la Alta Engadina para convencerme de que yo no vivo. En estas circunstancias existe un deber contra el cual se rebelan en el fondo mis hábitos y aún más el orgullo de mis instintos, a saber, el deber de decir: ¡Escuchadme, pues yo soy tal y tal. ¡Sobre todo, no me confundáis con otros!
well: You use well to say that something was done in a good way. ever: Ever means at any time. suppose: To suppose is to guess. necessary: If something is necessary, you must do it. require: To require something is to say that it is necessary. against: To be against something is to be touching it or opposed to it. still: Still is used when you say that a situation keeps going on. either: Either is used with or to say there are two or more possibilities. thin: If someone or something is thin, they are not fat. demand: To demand something is to say strongly that you want it. yet: Yet is used to say something has not happened up to now. else: If you talk about something else, you talk about something different. alive: If someone or something is alive, they are not dead. already: If something happens already, it happens before a certain time. serve: To serve someone is to give them food or drinks. task: A task is work that someone has to do. neither: You use neither to connect two negative statements. ride: To ride something is to travel on it. You can ride an animal, a bike, etc. own: To own something means to have it. That thing belongs to you. within: You use within to say that something is inside another thing. gain: If you gain something, you get more of it. above: If something is above, it is at a higher level than something else.

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