Late 19th Century Continental PhilosophyGerman
Friedrich Nietzsche
Iconoclast & Continental Philosopher
October 15, 1844, Röcken – August 25, 1900, Weimar
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philologist, philosopher, and cultural critic whose work challenged the foundations of Western religion, morality, and philosophical thought. His aphoristic and poetic style, displayed in works like Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil, introduced enduring concepts including the Will to Power, the Übermensch, and Eternal Recurrence.
Thematic Domain & Philosophy
Will to PowerPerspectivismMaster-Slave MoralityEternal RecurrenceArt as Redemption
Memorable Aphorisms
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
— Twilight of the Idols“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
— FragmentsBibliography
Archived Volumes by Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosophy
4.87
195m
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Nietzsche
Supposing that Truth is a woman—what then? Is there not ground for suspecting that all philosophers have failed to understand women?