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{{a|maxim|}}''[[Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens]]: Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.''
{{a|maxim|}}''[[Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens]]: Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.''
::—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}
::—{{author|Friedrich Nietzsche}}, {{br|Götzen-Dämmerung}}
From the military school of life: that which does not kill me, makes me stronger.
 
:“From the military school of life: that which does not kill me, makes me stronger.”


Yes, yes, knock yourselves without witty rejoinders about metal fatigue and polio, but [[Nietzsche]]’s aphorism articulates the fundamentally [[anti-fragile]] nature of the human being — and where it doesn’t apply neatly to individuals, it tends to apply to the ''species''.<ref>Per {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}: the gene pool is fragile, even where organisms are not.</ref>
Yes, yes, knock yourselves without witty rejoinders about metal fatigue and polio, but [[Nietzsche]]’s aphorism articulates the fundamentally [[anti-fragile]] nature of the human being — and where it doesn’t apply neatly to individuals, it tends to apply to the ''species''.<ref>Per {{author|Nassim Nicholas Taleb}}: the gene pool is fragile, even where organisms are not.</ref>


And consider the converse, neurotic [[coronavirus]] obsessives: Avoiding things that might hurt, but won’t kill me, makes me ''weaker''.
And consider the converse, neurotic [[coronavirus]] obsessives:  
 
:“Avoiding things that might hurt, but won’t kill me, makes me ''weaker''.”


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Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens: Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Götzen-Dämmerung
“From the military school of life: that which does not kill me, makes me stronger.”

Yes, yes, knock yourselves without witty rejoinders about metal fatigue and polio, but Nietzsche’s aphorism articulates the fundamentally anti-fragile nature of the human being — and where it doesn’t apply neatly to individuals, it tends to apply to the species.[1]

And consider the converse, neurotic coronavirus obsessives:

“Avoiding things that might hurt, but won’t kill me, makes me weaker.”

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References

  1. ↑ Per Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the gene pool is fragile, even where organisms are not.
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