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
Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.
A life without music is an error.
Woman was God's second mistake.
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Life without music is no life at all.
People who live in an age of corruption are witty and slanderous; they know that there are other kinds of murder than by dagger or assault; they also know that whatever is well said is believed...
Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not be polite to show one's wit.
Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy.
The universe without music would be madness.
The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile.
He who seeks intelligence lacks intelligence.
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.