Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzschewas a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest ever to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869, at the age of 24. Nietzsche resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life, and...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth15 October 1844
CityRocken, Germany
CountryGermany
It is not conflict of opinions that has made history so violent but conflict of belief in opinions, that is to say conflict of convictions.
Truth as Circe. - Error has transformed animals into men; is truth perhaps capable of changing man back into an animal?
Love, too, has to be learned.
In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.
I am no man, I am dynamite.
Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.
The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men---as well as his great moments of grand harmony---a rare accident even in us! A sort of planetary motion---
Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion.
Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy.
Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.
What have we in common with the rosebud, which trembles because a drop of dew is lying upon it?
It is the evening that questions thus from within me.
Every word is a prejudice.
Deeds need time, even after they are done, in order to be seen or heard.