19th century philosopher and perennial madman heralded as a christ-like figure by other small-time madmen.
He'd spend most of his time climbing the swiss alps and enjoying Der ScΓ«nery and writing allusions to Diogenes that only dozens may read in his lifetime; caught syphilis from some hooker in Leipzig.
most dilettantes who claim to know Nietzsche pulls out his famous saying, "God is Dead", without ever knowing the more prolific theme he presents to us over and over again in his works: WILL TO POWER. that is to say, "jocking dem bitchez; slappin' dem hoes", if you will.
An insane, Polish-German anarchist philosopher from the 19th century. He is a very misunderstood figure and his books should probably be banned world-wide, as they are very dangerous.
Nietzsche was possibly bisexual and possibly a closeted pedophile. He caught syphilis from a prostitute while he was a teenager and went insane later in life.
Basically, he believed that the ideal humans, the Ubermensch were a peoples that rose above all forms of morality and standards and other races. He believed that humans were inherently evil by birth and that good and bad and emotions are only constructs. Basically, he was a psychopath and a wackjob in disguise as a philosopher. To sum it up: his philosophy is about how to be a parasite and a bloodsucker and deceive your way to power.
He hated philosophers like Plato; whom could be called the antithesis of his philosophy. He believed that human beings created morals as a way to beguile their way to power. Essentially; he believed that there was no such thing as good in the world; and would be an apologist for people such as criminals, child killers and pedophiles, and other scum. He believed that Greco-Romans, or people who seek justice or truth, were Last men, or Untermensch.
Example of Nietzsche's philosophy, If you've played videos games:
The Ubermensch is actually the games: Halo or Doom
But some people mistakenly believe that Nietzsche is: Final Fantasy or the Legend of Zelda (which is actually Plato's philosophy.)
A so-called philosopher, active in the second half of the 19th Century. Doesn't count as a philosopher, due to lack of systematic rigour or analytical methodology. His writings are often opaque, but seem to be concerned primarily with bunnies.
Freidrich Nietzche, German philosopher and poet. Renouned as one of the best thinkers ever. Coined such phrases as
--God is dead, God remains dead, and we have killed Him
--That which does not kill me only makes me stronger
--That which is done out of love takes place beyond good and evil
A german philosopher and satirist who stood against the institutions of the church and state at a time when it was dangerous to do so.
His famous concept,"God is dead" is usually misreferenced as meaning he believed god truly was physically dead. In reality, he believed in a god, merely that man's relation to god, and the tools man used to relate to god were dead. In other words, he said the institution of the church has killed the god within man; man's faith in god.
A 19th century German -speaking philosopher, philologist, and composer known among American academics as a cultural critic and forerunner to psychology while known among whiny high school students as a radical atheist.
Who would have foreseen a paper on Nietzsche as the greatest atheist would receive a failing grade? Only someone who actually reads up on the topic.
Nietzsche is a litmus test for intellectual pimps. The definition of a free-thinker. Great souls love him, not just for his insights and aphorisms, but the way in which he said them. He doesn't ask you to blindly follow, but he charges you to grow. Cunts and cowards despise and dismiss him. Zealotsmisquote, misread, and shame him.
He was German. He loved Dostoyevsky. The field of psychology owes itself to him. He had a badass moustache. He led a conflicted life and had conflicting ideas like any complex person should. He gave a shit about your morals. His sister, and most every other woman in his life, was a bitch. He screwed a prostitute when he was a teenager and subsequently screwed his health for life.
He died crazy and alone, but if I could have met him, I'd have been his friend. And like every good friend, I'd sock you in the fucking mouth for talking shit to and about him whether he was in the right or not.
Friedrich Nietzsche (pronounced Nee-cha; not Nee-che) is arguably one of the most misunderstood intellectuals of all time, and for good reason, because a lot of his work contradicts itselfββI believe he does so on purpose. Arguably, to allow whomever reads his work to think for himself and not merely accept, on whim, his every insight--a very socratic way of teaching.
Nietzsche, in his literature, put forth enormous effort into critically analyzing and, in most cases, attacking institutions and ideologies that perverted man's desire to be an autonomous agent (such as attacking idolatry, dogmatism, and patriotism/jingoism to name a few). As much as he despised these institutions that buried man's desire to be the master of his own destiny, he also acknowledged the significance of their existence, because without knowing plight; suffrage; and mortality, man cannot become better than what he is; he cannot become the Γbermensch (man in his ideal formββhis plutonic form).