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
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The charm of knowledge would be small indeed, were it not that there is so much shame to be overcome on the way to it.
Today a man of knowledge might well feel as though he were God transformed into an animal.
We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on.
Only with the ultimate knowledge of all things will man have come to know himself. For things are but the boundaries of man.
Knowing things halfway is a greater success than knowing things completely: it takes things to be simpler than they really are andso makes its opinions more easily understandable and persuasive.
From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can yousee how high its towers rise above the houses.
Even truthfulness is but one means to knowledge, a ladder--but not the ladder.
On the tree, Future, we build our nest; and in our solitude eagles shall bring us nourishment in their beaks!
How do you expect to learn to dance when you have not even learned to walk! And above the dancer is still the flyer and his bliss.
It is our taste that decides against Christianity now, no longer our reasons.
Why is it that wellnesses are not as contagious as illnesses--generally speaking, but also especially regarding taste? Or are there epidemics of health?
And you tell me, friends, that there is no disputing taste and tasting? But all life is a dispute over taste and tasting!
You're going to women? Don't forget your whip!
Science offends the modesty of all real women. It makes them feel as though it were an attempt to peek under their skin--or, worseyet, under their dress and ornamentation!