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
Those who are slow to know suppose that slowness is the essence of knowledge.
To discover he is loved in return ought really to disenchant the lover with the beloved.
Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out.
Man, a hybrid of plant and ghost.
All words are prejudices.
All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.
If a woman seeks education it is probably because her sexual apparatus is malfunctioning.
Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.
Man makes god in his own image.
Ah, there are so many things betwixt heaven and earth of which only the poets have dreamed!
Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody who pays his debts-for example, to you.
The most serious parody I have ever heard was this: In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the nonsense was God.
I could dispense with nothing when I created the superman. His seed still carries all your evil and falsehood, your lies and yourignorance.
I speak and the child plays: who can be more serious than we are?