PhilosophersFriedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche
God is dead: new values must be created.
Nietzschean philosophy (perspectivism)1844 – 1900 GermanyCritic of moralityPerspectivistAtheistPhilologist
Gott ist todt! Gott bleibt todt! Und wir haben ihn getödtet!
God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him!
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Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker
What does not kill me makes me stronger.
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Der Übermensch ist der Sinn der Erde
The Superman is the meaning of the earth.
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Es giebt gar keine moralischen Phänomene, sondern nur eine moralische Ausdeutung von Phänomenen
There are no moral phenomena at all, only a moral interpretation of phenomena.
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Misconceptions
Nuanced
"God is dead" joyfully celebrates the end of religion.
In the text, a "madman" announces it, and the tone is tragic: "How shall we console ourselves, the most murderous of all murderers?" Nietzsche describes a crisis, not a celebration.
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The Will to Power is his major book.
It is a posthumous compilation of notes, ordered and partly arranged by his sister. Scholars cite the notebooks in their real order, not this montage.
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Nietzsche was an antisemite and a German nationalist.
He fell out with Wagner and with his sister partly over their antisemitism, and often mocked German nationalism. It was his sister who brought his work close to nascent Nazism.