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
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Is man one of God's blunders? Or is God one of man's blunders?
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.
The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
Marriage marks the end of many short follies - being one long stupidity.
A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.
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.