Nietzsche

[ nee-chuh, -chee ]

/ ˈni tʃə, -tʃi /

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noun

Frie·drich Wil·helm

[free-drikh-vil-helm], /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/, 1844–1900, German philosopher.

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Words nearby Nietzsche

Niemöller, Niepce, Nier, Nierstein, Niersteiner, Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Friedrich, Nietzscheism, nieve, Nièvre, nife

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How to use Nietzsche in a sentence

Nietzsche even wrote a whole treatise on who to use and abuse history.
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But as Nietzsche once wrote, “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.”
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He described his victory as a miracle yet he quotes Nietzsche as a source for his vision of how Christianity should move forward.
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Next time you watch a Yeasayer video on YouTube, consider: the Internet offers us Nietzsche for the people.
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“I do not want to wage war against what is ugly,” wrote Nietzsche.
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But Nietzsche understood resentment is a powerful, dangerous counterforce to any positivity police.
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A typical example of this was Friederich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, who died a few years ago in an insane asylum.
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I sat in the library, in the morris chair, deeply immersed in the life of Nietzsche, by his sister.
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And the anti-Christian German philosopher, Nietzsche, found himself quite at one with the pious field-marshal.
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Meanwhile the hope of victory is changed into that "impotent resentment" so graphically described by Nietzsche.
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Read your Nietzsche, my good fellow, and see what he says about the practical serviceability of Excess!
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British Dictionary definitions for Nietzsche

Nietzsche

/ (ˈniːtʃə) /

noun

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)

Derived forms of Nietzsche

Nietzschean (ˈniːtʃɪən), noun, adjectiveNietzscheism or Nietzscheanism, noun

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