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
One who dresses in rags that have been washed clean dresses cleanly to be sure, but raggedly nonetheless.
He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.
The way to transmute your iron duty into gold in everyone's eyes is this: always deliver more than you promise.
In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.
Precisely this is godliness--that there are gods, but no God.
But let me open up my heart to you completely, my friends: if there were gods, how could I bear not being a god! Hence, there areno gods. I drew this conclusion, to be sure--but now it draws me.
One should only question gods where none but gods can reply.
Everything good is the transmutation of something evil: every god has a devil for a father.
One who has given up any hope of winning a fight or has clearly lost it wants his style in fighting to be admired all the more.
Among twelve apostles there must always be one who is as hard as stone, so that the new church may be built upon him.
It is only when we have ceased to be the followers of our followers that we comprehend how meaningless followers are.
Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride.
Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive.
Antithesis is the narrow gateway through which error most prefers to worm its way towards truth.