‘The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.’ –Nietzsche

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Elizabeth Förster-Nietzsche, who went on to become a prominent supporter of Adolf Hitler, systematically falsified her brother’s works and letters, according to the Nietzsche Encyclopedia.

Christian Niemeyer, the publisher, said he wanted to clear the revered thinker’s reputation by showing the “criminally scandalous” forgeries by his sister had tainted his reputation ever since.

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related { Nitezsche page | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy }