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
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
If a temple is to be erected, a temple must be destroyed .
If you know the why, you can live any how.
And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.
If you have hitherto believed that life was one of the highest value and now see yourselves disappointed, do you at once have to reduce it to the lowest possible price?
There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.
If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god? Therefore there are no gods.
This woman is beautiful and clever: but how much cleverer she would have become if she were not beautiful!
Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for?
if we possess a why of life we can put up with almost any how.
[Heraclitus speaks as if] in entrancement ... but [also] truthfully.
If you buy the why, the how is infinitely bearable
If you go to see the woman, do not forget the whip.
If a woman seeks education it is probably because her sexual apparatus is malfunctioning.