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
Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.
Existence begins in every instant.
Only where there are graves are there resurrections.
I am almost equal to a shadow.
Go through the towns and ask yourselves whether these people should reproduce! Let them go to their whores!
If you are considering marriage, ask yourself one question: Will I still enjoy talking with her when I'm old?
The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values, he does not need to be approved of, he judges 'what harms me is harmful in itself', he knows himself to be that which in general accords honour to things, he creates values.
The noble caste was in the beginning always the barbarian caste: their superiority lay, not in their physical strength, but primarily in their psychical - they were more complete human beings...
Only you must have worthy foes hate, but not enemies worthy of contempt. You must be proud of your enemy.
The greatest events-they are not our loudest but our stillest hours.
Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.
However much we may feel for the misery of someone close to us, we always act with some artificiality in their presence. We hold-back from telling them everything we think, often because we do not genuinely mean what we say; or because we take a pleasure in their plight, thankful that we are not affected.
Kindliness, friendliness, the courtesy of the heart, are ever-flowing streams of non egoistic impulses, and have given far more powerful assistance to culture than even those much more famous demonstrations which are called pity, mercy, and self-sacrifice.
Faith actually moves no mountains, but instead raises them up where there were none before.