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
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.
We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint.
In truth,there was only one christian and he died on the cross.
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all.
Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living inillusion as a goal!
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
Philosophical systems are wholly true for their founders only.
Buddhism is a hundred times as realistic as Christianity it is part of its living heritage that it is able to face problems objectively and coolly; it is the product of long centuries of philosophical speculation.
Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired.