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

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Ecce homo: Comment on devient ce que l’on est Ecce Homo

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En prévision que d’ici peu j’aurai à soumettre l’humanité à une exigence plus dure que celles qui lui ont jamais été imposées, il me paraît indispensable de dire ici qui je suis. Au fond, on serait à même de le savoir, car je ne suis pas resté sans témoigner de moi. Mais le désaccord entre la grandeur de ma tâche et la petitesse de mes contemporains s’est manifesté par ceci que l’on ne m’a ni entendu ni même vu. Je vis sur le crédit que je me suis fait à moi-même, et, de croire que je vis, c’est peut être là seulement un préjugé !… Il me suffit de parler à un homme « cultivé » quelconque qui vient passer l’été dans l’Engadine supérieure, pour me convaincre que je ne vis pas… Dans ces conditions il y a un devoir, contre lequel se révolte au fond ma réserve habituelle et, plus encore, la fierté de mes instincts, c’est le devoir de dire : Écoutez-moi, car je suis un tel. Avant tout ne me confondez pas avec un autre!

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!_

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: Comment on devient ce que l’on est		Ecce Homo
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En prévision que d’ici peu j’aurai à soumettre l’humanité à une exigence plus dure que celles qui lui ont jamais été imposées, il me paraît indispensable de dire ici qui je suis. Au fond, on serait à même de le savoir, car je ne suis pas resté sans témoigner de moi. Mais le désaccord entre la grandeur de ma tâche et la petitesse de mes contemporains s’est manifesté par ceci que l’on ne m’a ni entendu ni même vu. Je vis sur le crédit que je me suis fait à moi-même, et, de croire que je vis, c’est peut être là seulement un préjugé !… Il me suffit de parler à un homme « cultivé » quelconque qui vient passer l’été dans l’Engadine supérieure, pour me convaincre que je ne vis pas… Dans ces conditions il y a un devoir, contre lequel se révolte au fond ma réserve habituelle et, plus encore, la fierté de mes instincts, c’est le devoir de dire : Écoutez-moi, car je suis un tel. Avant tout ne me confondez pas avec un autre!		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!_
		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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