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
Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest.
It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did not learn it better.
A book should long for pen, ink, and writing-table: but usually it is pen, ink, and writing-table that long for a book. That is why books are so negligible nowadays.
The sensible author writes for no other posterity than his own--that is, for his age--so as to be able even then to take pleasurein himself.
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.
Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book.
The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.
All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.
Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it.
I am one thing, my writings are another.