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 does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived.
There is no more dangerous error than that of mistaking the consequence for the cause.
The danger of our culture.- We belong to a period of which the culture is in danger of being destroyed by the appliances of culture.
One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.
The danger in happiness - "Now everything is turning out right for me; from now on i'll love every turn of fate - Who wants to be my fate?
Where do your greatest dangers lie?--In pity.
We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage.
It is not when it is dangerous to tell the truth that its advocates are hardest to find, but when it is boring.
I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.
What I understand by "philosopher": a terrible explosive in the presence of which everything is in danger.
My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.
God is a gross answer, an indelicacy against us thinkers- at bottom merely a gross prohibition for us: you shall not think!
Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.