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
In compassionate men, severity is a virtue.
Illness is a clumsy attempt to arrive at health: we must come to nature's aid with intellect.
The first opinion that occurs to us when we are suddenly asked about something is usually not our own but only the current one pertaining to our class, position, or parentage; our own opinions seldom swim on the surface.
Not to be cowardly when it comes to our own actions! Not to leave them in the lurch!--The sting of conscience is indecent.
In a seriously intended intellectual emancipation a person's mute passions and cravings also hope to find their advantage.
Lift up your hearts, my brothers, high, higher! And don't forget about your legs either! Lift up your legs as well, you good dancers, and better yet--stand also on your heads!
Everything good is instinct--and, as a result, easy, necessary, free.
The good displeases us when we are not up to it.
The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.
What does it matter whether I am shown to be right! I am right too much!--And he who laughs best today will also laugh last.
Laughter means: taking a mischievous delight in someone else's uneasiness, but with a good conscience.
A man who whinnies with noisy laughter, surpasses all the animals in vulgarity.
Inaction, letting be, neither creating nor destroying--that is my evil. And also the knower as one without desire.
Asceticism is the right way of thinking for those who have to extirpate their sensual drives because they are ravening beasts of prey. But only for those!