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
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.
Fathers have a lot to do to make up for having sons.
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!
When one thinks profusely and cleverly, not only his face but his body too takes on a clever appearance.
The most dangerous physicians are those born actors who imitate born physicians with a perfectly deceptive guile.
You must be born for your physician, otherwise you are bound to perish because of your physician.
Learn to laugh at yourselves as one must laugh!
He who humbles himself wants to be exalted.
When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives.
You highest men whom I have ever seen! This is my suspicion about you and my secret laughter: I guess that you would call my superman--a devil!
In being wildly natural we recover best from being unnatural, from being spiritual.
Heroism--that is the disposition of a man who aspires to a goal compared to which he himself is wholly insignificant. Heroism is the good will to self-destruction.