Nietzsche
Frie·drich Wil·helm [free-drikh-vil-helm], /ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/, 1844–1900, German philosopher.
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The trilogy’s politics often felt like a weird melding of Noam Chomsky-style capitalist critique and Nietzsche’s ideas about superhumanity.
Nietzsche even wrote a whole treatise on who to use and abuse history.
Matt Gaetz Gets Headlines for the Scandals. He Should Worry About the Receipts | Philip Elliott | April 2, 2021 | TImeBut as Nietzsche once wrote, “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.”
Doctors Have No Answers for Colombian Teens' Mass Hysteria | Kent Sepkowitz | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe described his victory as a miracle yet he quotes Nietzsche as a source for his vision of how Christianity should move forward.
Next time you watch a Yeasayer video on YouTube, consider: the Internet offers us Nietzsche for the people.
From Smarm To Snark, We’re All Soldiers In The War On Obscurity | James Poulos | December 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
“I do not want to wage war against what is ugly,” wrote Nietzsche.
From Smarm To Snark, We’re All Soldiers In The War On Obscurity | James Poulos | December 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Nietzsche understood resentment is a powerful, dangerous counterforce to any positivity police.
From Smarm To Snark, We’re All Soldiers In The War On Obscurity | James Poulos | December 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA typical example of this was Friederich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, who died a few years ago in an insane asylum.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyI sat in the library, in the morris chair, deeply immersed in the life of Nietzsche, by his sister.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempAnd the anti-Christian German philosopher, Nietzsche, found himself quite at one with the pious field-marshal.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsMeanwhile the hope of victory is changed into that "impotent resentment" so graphically described by Nietzsche.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinRead your Nietzsche, my good fellow, and see what he says about the practical serviceability of Excess!
Gray youth | Oliver Onions
British Dictionary definitions for Nietzsche
/ (ˈniːtʃə) /
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, adjective
- Nietzscheism or Nietzscheanism, noun
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