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
Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow.
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
The Christian church is an encyclopedia of prehistoric cults.
The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.
Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong.
A change of values - that means, a change of the creators of values. He who has to be a creator always has to destroy.
In the world of high finance the shilling of the idle rich man can buy more than that of the poor, industrious man.
The command 'become hard! ', the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature.
The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.
The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.