Nietzsche

[nee-chuh, -chee]

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm 1844–1900, German philosopher.

Nietzsche

/ ˈniːtʃə, ˈniːtʃɪən /

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1844–1900, German philosopher, poet, and critic, noted esp for his concept of the superman and his rejection of traditional Christian values. His chief works are The Birth of Tragedy (1872), Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–91), and Beyond Good and Evil (1886)

Other Word Forms

• Nietzscheism noun
• Nietzschean noun

Example Sentences

“One of the first ideas that I had for this film was a sentence from Nietzsche,” he says.

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I don’t mean that we are trapped in an inflexible pattern of endlessly repeating historical cycles, as in the more esoteric propositions of Vico and Nietzsche.

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Randall name-checks philosophers — Hegel, Kant, Nietzsche, Plato, Marcus Aurelius — he misunderstands to his advantage and drops references to the Catiline Conspiracy and the Battle of Actium to make base actions sound important and dignified.

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Didn’t old Fred Nietzsche say something about gazing too long into the abyss?

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The bookshelves were indeed filled with copies of Nietzsche, biographies of Napoleon and a volume entitled The Dictator’s Handbook.

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