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| − | '''Friedrich Nietzsche''' was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers | + | '''Friedrich Nietzsche''' was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. |
[[Fox]] considered him "too butch." ''([[Leader of the Pack|"Leader of the Pack"]])'' | [[Fox]] considered him "too butch." ''([[Leader of the Pack|"Leader of the Pack"]])'' | ||
==Real World Background== | ==Real World Background== | ||
| + | Nietzsche's work spans philosophical polemics, poetry, cultural criticism, and fiction while displaying a fondness for aphorism and irony. Prominent elements of his philosophy include his radical critique of truth in favor of perspectivism; a genealogical critique of religion and Christian morality and a related theory of master–slave morality; the aesthetic affirmation of life in response to both the "death of [[God]]" and the profound crisis of nihilism; the notion of Apollonian and Dionysian forces; and a characterization of the [[human]] subject as the expression of competing wills, collectively understood as the will to power. He also developed influential concepts such as the Übermensch and his doctrine of eternal return. In his later work, he became increasingly preoccupied with the creative powers of the individual to overcome cultural and moral mores in pursuit of new values and aesthetic health. His body of work touched a wide range of topics, including art, philology, history, music, religion, tragedy, culture, and science, and drew inspiration from [[Greece|Greek]] tragedy as well as figures such as Zoroaster, Arthur Schopenhauer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Wagner, [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]], and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:50, 25 January 2025
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.
Fox considered him "too butch." ("Leader of the Pack")
Real World Background
Nietzsche's work spans philosophical polemics, poetry, cultural criticism, and fiction while displaying a fondness for aphorism and irony. Prominent elements of his philosophy include his radical critique of truth in favor of perspectivism; a genealogical critique of religion and Christian morality and a related theory of master–slave morality; the aesthetic affirmation of life in response to both the "death of God" and the profound crisis of nihilism; the notion of Apollonian and Dionysian forces; and a characterization of the human subject as the expression of competing wills, collectively understood as the will to power. He also developed influential concepts such as the Übermensch and his doctrine of eternal return. In his later work, he became increasingly preoccupied with the creative powers of the individual to overcome cultural and moral mores in pursuit of new values and aesthetic health. His body of work touched a wide range of topics, including art, philology, history, music, religion, tragedy, culture, and science, and drew inspiration from Greek tragedy as well as figures such as Zoroaster, Arthur Schopenhauer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Wagner, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
See Also
- Friedrich Nietzsche at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
