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Ignorance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠necessary to writing and thinking. If one nietzsche is conscious of what he is writing, as the agent named nietzsche, it is because he knows not only that he is ignorant of what has just occurred in order for him write, but also that he must be ignorant of it (if he wants to write and think).

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Ignorance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the state one must be in in order for writing to occur. One must allow for the combat of the impulses among themselves.

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Ignorance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the granite foundation knowledge rises on: the will to knowledge is not the opposite of the will to ignorance but its refinement.

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Ignorance (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be afforded: one must be very humane to say "I don't know that."

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Ignorance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what keeps man upright: he hangs in dreams on the back of a tiger, sustained by what is pitiless, greedy and murderous.