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
At times, our strengths propel us so far forward we can no longer endure our weaknesses and perish from them.
Never to talk about oneself is a very refined form of hypocrisy.
I notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.
What we do in dreams we also do when we are awake: we invent and fabricate the person with whom we associate-and immediately forget we have done so.
Only sick music makes money today.
I still live, I still think: I still have to live, for I still have to think.
Woman was God's second mistake.
The world was conquered through the understanding of dogs; the world exists through the understanding of dogs.
Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, familiar thing that is over-looked as something new.
How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?
A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.
All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.
Only idiots fail to contradict themselves three times a day.
Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.