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 vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.
One must renounce the bad taste of wishing to agree with many people.
Science rushes headlong, without selectivity, without "taste," at whatever is knowable, in the blind desire to know all at any cost.
And you tell me, friends, that there is no disputing taste and tasting? But all life is a dispute over taste and tasting!
Why is it that wellnesses are not as contagious as illnesses--generally speaking, but also especially regarding taste? Or are there epidemics of health?
It is our taste that decides against Christianity now, no longer our reasons.
One must cease letting oneself be eaten when one tastes best: that is known to those who want to be loved long.
All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.
Mozart, the last chord of a centuries-old great European taste.
It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when it is pronounced unpleasant.
Respectability offends my taste.
Take a chance and try my fare! It will grow on you, I swear; Soon it will taste good to you!
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.