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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Madness is the result not of uncertainty but certainty.
How much disgruntled heaviness, lameness, dampness, how much beer is there in the German intelligence.
The individual has always to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
Woman learns how to hate in proportion as she forgets how to charm.
What I really want from Music: That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon in October...
It is very noble hypocrisy not to talk of one's self.
When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which in no way correspond to our real thoughts.
Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers.
Remain true to the earth.
The discipline of suffering, of great suffering - do you not know that it is this discipline alone that has produced all the elevations of humanity so far?
One pays dearly for being immortal: one must die many times during his life.
There is nothing for which men ask to be paid dearer than for humiliation.
But are there many honest people who will admit that it is pleasing to give pain?
Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as an amusement, as it undoubtedly is by some people.