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
Even the pluckiest among us has but seldom the courage of what he really knows.
Better know nothing than half-know many things.
If you know the why, you can live any how.
Even the bravest only rarely have courage for what they really know.
One does not know - cannot know - the best that is in one.
I love those who do not know how to live, except by going under, for they are those who cross over.
Those who are slow to know suppose that slowness is the essence of knowledge.
Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.
Ultimately, no one can extract from things, books included, more than he already knows.
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.
Sing me a new song; the world is transfigured; all the Heavens are rejoicing.