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This reads as saying that love can move people outside the usual language of right and wrong. It can be taken to mean that affection, devotion, or sacrifice does not always fit neat moral judgment, especially when someone acts from care rather than advantage. It lands when a person is trying to explain why they made a choice that seemed irrational, but felt necessary in the name of love.
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About Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher and writer
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and writer. He began as a classical philologist, then turned to philosophy early in his academic career, and is known for a body of work that drew wide scholarly attention and lasting popular interest. In 1869 he became Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, but he resigned in 1879 because of long-standing health problems. After that he lived as an independent writer, often in solitude and financial insecurity, moving between Switzerland, Italy, and southern France. He completed much of his main work in the following decade, before a neurological collapse in 1889 ended his working life.
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Where many of his best-known lines come from.