Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900),
German philosopher and writer. He denounced all
religion and promoted the "
morals of
masters," the
doctrine of perfecting
man through forcible
self-assertion and glorification of the "
superman." See also
superman in this glossary. You take somebody that came along-a name you sneeze; you know, Nietzsche.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900),
German philosopher and poet. He denounced all
religion and promoted the "
morals of
masters," the
doctrine of perfecting
man through forcible
self-assertion and glorification of the "
superman." His theories are regarded as
having influenced the
German attitudes in
World War I and the
Nazi regime. (
Chapter 3, #3)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900),
German philosopher and poet. He denounced all
religion and promoted the "
morals of
masters," the
doctrine of perfecting
man through forcible
self-assertion and glorification of the "
superman," as expressed in his most famous
work, Thus Spake
Zarathustra. Nietzsche was a
professor at the University of Basel in Switzerland from 1869 until 1879, when severe eye and
brain trouble forced him to
retire on a
pension. He lived at various health resorts in
Italy and Switzerland until 1889, when he became hopelessly
insane. Nietzsche's theories are regarded as
having influenced the
German attitudes in
World War I and the
Nazi regime. See also
Zarathustra in this glossary.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900),
German philosopher and poet. He denounced all
religion and promoted the "
morals of
masters," the
doctrine of perfecting
man through forcible
self-assertion and glorification of the "
superman." His theories are regarded as
having influenced the
German attitudes in
World War I and the
Nazi regime.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900),
German philosopher and poet. He denounced all
religion and promoted the "
morals of
masters," the
doctrine of perfecting
man through forcible
self-assertion and glorification of the "
superman," as expressed in his most famous
work, Thus Spake
Zarathustra. Nietzsche was a
professor at the University of Basel in Switzerland from 1869 until 1879, when severe eye and
brain trouble forced him to
retire on a
pension. He lived at various health resorts in
Italy and Switzerland until 1889, when he became hopelessly
insane. Nietzsche's theories are regarded as
having influenced the
German attitudes in
World War I and the
Nazi regime.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900),
German philosopher who wrote Thus Spake
Zarathustra, which is essentially a poem proclaiming the gospel of the Ubermensch (
superman). Nietzsche preached the superiority of the aristocrat, stating that the will of
man must make the
superman, who would be above good and
evil and would eradicate decadent
democracy. See also "Thus Spake
Zarathustra" in this glossary.