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
Whoever is related to me in the height of his aspirations will experience veritable ecstasies of learning; for I come from heights that no bird ever reached in its flight, I know abysses into which no foot ever strayed.
History is nothing more than the belief in the senses, the belief in falsehood.
How did reason come into the world? As is fitting, in an irrational manner, by accident. One will have to guess at it as at a riddle.
With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is better than none. . . . The causal instinct is thus conditional upon, and excited by, the feeling of fear. The "why?" shall, if at all possible, not give the cause for its own sake so much as for a particular kind of cause -- a cause that is comforting, liberating, and relieving.
Emerson is a person who lives instinctively on ambrosia - and leaves everything indigestible on his plate.
In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
The hour-hand of life.
Perhaps man will rise ever higher as soon as he ceases to flow out into a god.
I listened for the echo, and I heard only praise —
As a result, nature is something entirely different from what comes to mind when we invoke its name.
The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes.
Verily, I do not want to be like the ropemakers: They drag out their threads and always walk backwards.
I believe only in French culture and consider everything in Europe that calls itself 'culture' a misunderstanding, not to speak of German culture.
As far as Germany extends it ruins culture.