Friedrich Nietzsche, in The Portable Nietzsche, in p. 240. Also attributed to Zarathushtra, in From Shakespeare to Existentialism: An Original Study : Essays on ..., p. 233

All gods are poets' parables, poets' prevarications. Verily, it always lifts us higher— specifically, to the realm of the clouds: upon these we place our motley bastards and call them gods and overmen. For they are just light enough for these chairs –all these gods and overmen. Ah, how weary I am of all the imperfection which must at all costs become event! Ah! How weary I am of poets!

— Friedrich Nietzsche on Prevarication

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "All gods are poets' parables, poets' prevarications. Verily, it always lifts us higher— specifically, to the realm of the clouds: upon these we place our motley bastards and call them gods and overmen. For they are just light enough for these chairs –all these gods and overmen. Ah, how weary I am of all the imperfection which must at all costs become event! Ah! How weary I am of poets!" in the context of "Friedrich Nietzsche, in The Portable Nietzsche, in p. 240. Also attributed to Zarathushtra, in From Shakespeare to Existentialism: An Original Study : Essays on ..., p. 233" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Friedrich Nietzsche

About Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of contemporary culture, religion, and philosophy centered on a basic question regarding the foundation of values and morality.