Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm 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...
fearing reason secret
He who makes no secret of himself, enrages: so much reason have you for fearing nakedness.
attack courage error matter popular
A very popular error -- having the courage of one's convictions; Rather, it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one's convictions.
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He who has a why can endure any how
abstract accept seduce senses thoroughly truth
The more abstract the truth you want to teach, the more thoroughly you must seduce the senses to accept it.
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What I understand by ""philosopher"": a terrible explosive in the presence of which everything is in danger.
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Where one despises, one cannot wage war. Where one commands, where one sees something beneath one, one ought not to wage war.
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Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For what one lacks access to from experience one will have no ear.