Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Our institutions are no good any more: on that there is universal agreement. However, it is not their fault but ours. Once we have lost all the instincts out of which institutions grow, we lose institutions altogether because we are no longer good for them.

Our institutions are no good any more: on that there is univ

Summary

This quote suggests that the decline of institutions in society is not solely the fault of the institutions themselves, but rather a result of our own shortcomings. When we lose the fundamental instincts and values that give rise to the creation and maintenance of institutions, we become incapable of upholding and sustaining them. Therefore, the quote implies that the ultimate responsibility lies with us, as individuals, for the decline and ineffectiveness of institutions in modern times.

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