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