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Nietzsche
on the value of
Dance and
Dancing
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And those who were seen dancing were
thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. |
Friedrich
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We
should consider every day lost
on which we have not danced at
least once.
Dancing in all its forms
cannot be excluded from the
curriculum of all noble
education; dancing with the
feet, with ideas, with words,
and, need I add that one must
also be able to dance with the
pen?
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I
do not know what the spirit of a
philosopher could more wish to
be than a good dancer. For the
dance is his ideal, also his
fine art, finally also the only
kind of piety he knows, his
'divine service.'
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Thus do I want man and woman to
be: the one fit to wage war and
the other fit to give birth, but
both fit to dance with head and
feet.
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And let that day be lost to us
on which we did not dance once!
And let that wisdom be false to
us that brought no laughter with
it!
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Lift up your hearts, my
brothers, high, higher! And
don't forget about your legs
either! Lift up your legs as
well, you good dancers, and
better yet--stand also on your
heads!
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