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Fear Quote by Ben Macintyre

“Nietzsche called the ear “the organ of fear,” and believed that the sense of hearing “could have evolved as greatly as it has only in the night and twilight of obscure caves and woods, in accordance with the mode of life in the age of timidity, that is to say the longest human age there has been…” quote by Ben Macintyre
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““Nietzsche called the ear “the organ of fear,” and believed that the sense of hearing “could have evolved as greatly as it has only in the night and twilight of obscure caves and woods, in accordance with the mode of life in the age of timidity, that is to say the longest human age there has been: in bright daylight the ear is less necessary. That is how music acquired the character of an art of night and twilight.””

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