Friedrich Nietzscheauthor profile |
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| born | October 15, 1844 |
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| died | December 13, 1901 |
| gender | male |
| place of birth | Röcken bei Lützen, Prussian Province of Saxony, Germany |
| genre | Nonfiction |
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about this author
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a nineteenth-century German philologist and philosopher. He wrote critiques of religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science, using a distinctive German language style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. His style, and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth, raise considerable problems of interpretation, generating an extensive secondary literature in both continental and analytic philosophy. Nonetheless, his key ideas include interpreting tragedy as an affirmation of life, an eternal recurrence that has become subject to numerous interpretations, a re...more |
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books by Friedrich Nietzschecombine editionsavg rating: 4.04 | 8975 ratings | 194 distinct works see all books by Friedrich Nietzsche » |
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quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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