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 should not go into churches if one wants to breathe pure air.
Speaking is a beautiful folly; with that man dances over all things.
The form of a work of art, which gives speech to their thoughts and is, therefore, their mode of talking, is always somewhat uncertain, like all kinds of speech.
Philosophers are in the habit of setting themselves before life and experience.
Rational thought is interpretation according to a scheme which we cannot escape.
Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.
Men submit from habit to everything that seeks power.
When a scholar of the old culture vows no longer to have anything to do with men who believe in progress, he is right. For the old culture has its greatness and goodness behind it, and an historical education forces one to admit that it can never again be fresh.
The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires.
Those who are bent on revolutionizing society may be divided into those who seek something for themselves thereby and those who seek something for their children and grandchildren.
I have not the capability to give you my loyalty, nor do I have the vanity to appear as if I did.
The higher culture an individual attains, the less field there is left for mockery and scorn.
Moral contempt is a far greater indignity and insult than any kind of crime.
Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt.