Friedrich Nietzsche

Born

in Röcken bei Lützen, Prussian Province of Saxony, Germany

October 15, 1844

Died

August 25, 1900

Website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/

Genre

Philosophy, Psychology, Art

Influences

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of Christianity and traditional morality. He was interested in the enhancement of individual and cultural health, and believed in life, creativity, power, and the realities of the world we live in, rather than those situated in a world beyond. Central to his philosophy is the idea of “life-affirmation,” which involves an honest questioning of all doctrines that drain life's expansive energies, however socially prevalent those views might be. Often referred to as one of the first existentialist philosophers along with Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Nietzsche's revitalizing philosophy has inspired leading figures in all walks of cultur ...more

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	Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, R.J. Hollingdale (Translator) , Michael Tanner (Introduction) 4.01 avg rating — 60,310 ratings — published 1886 — 1518 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 104,229 ratings — published 1883 — 740 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann (translator) , R.J. Hollingdale (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 13,629 ratings — published 1887 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas Smith (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 18,087 ratings — published 1887 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anti-Christ by Friedrich Nietzsche, H.L. Mencken (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 19,998 ratings — published 1895 — 740 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 12,803 ratings — published 1882 — 300 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner (Editor) , Shaun Whiteside (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 12,584 ratings — published 1871	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann (Translator/Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 8,666 ratings — published 1954 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann (Editor) , R.J. Hollingdale (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 8,624 ratings — published 1901 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Tanner (Introduction) , R.J. Hollingdale (Translation) 3.83 avg rating — 11,083 ratings — published 1888 — 367 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Friedrich Nietzsche

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (3 books)
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Friedrich Nietzsche,

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David F. Tinsley (Translation)

Paul Loeb (Translation)

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Nietzsche: Werke, herausgegeben von Karl Schlechta (5 books)
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Friedrich Nietzsche,

Karl Schlechta (Editor)

4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings

Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy

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“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: paraphrased, strength

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Polls

September 2017 Old School Classic Poll

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 1889, 184 pages

49 votes, 15.0%

Hamlet by William Shakespeare 1600, 289 pages

46 votes, 14.1%

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling 1894, 277 pages

33 votes, 10.1%

Utopia by Thomas More 1516, 135 pages

27 votes, 8.3%

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1889, 416 pages

27 votes, 8.3%

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens 1839, 817 pages

21 votes, 6.4%

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 1895, 310 pages

19 votes, 5.8%

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche 1883, 327 pages

19 votes, 5.8%

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1774, 176 pages

19 votes, 5.8%

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 1790, 269 pages

16 votes, 4.9%

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 1883, 262 pages

16 votes, 4.9%

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle 1883, 400 pages

13 votes, 4.0%

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant 1885, 416 pages

10 votes, 3.1%

The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox 1752, 464 pages

9 votes, 2.8%

East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood 1861, 694 pages

3 votes, 0.9%

327 total votes

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