Friedrich Nietzsche
1844 – 1900 German philosopher
The philosopher who declared the death of God and revalued all values.
- Religion
- The son of a Lutheran pastor who became one of history's most forceful atheists, declaring that God is dead.
- Affiliations
- Professor of classics at Basel before illness ended his career. No secret society.
Nietzsche proclaimed that God is dead and challenged Western morality as a mask for weakness and resentment. He called for a revaluation of values and the creation of new meaning by strong, life-affirming individuals. His ideas on power, nihilism, and the self reshaped modern thought.
Connections
- influenced Arthur Schopenhauer — Nietzsche called himself Schopenhauer's disciple before breaking away.
- influenced Arthur Schopenhauer — Schopenhauer's philosophy of will was his starting point.
In the timeline
- 1883 Nietzsche revives the name of Zarathustra mentioned