Friedrich Nietzsche:

What is freedom? The will to be responsible for oneself. To hold oneself to the strictest standard, to be able to overcome shame, to be able to say no to one's desires.

— Friedrich Nietzsche Modern

God is dead, existentialism

Context

Twilight of the Idols, 'Skirmishes of an Untimely Man,' Section 38

Date / Period

1889

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19080/19080-h/19080-h.htm

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