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Friedrich W. Nietzsche

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About Me

My interests include philosophy, anti-Christian sentimentality, or "slave morality." Music, and art of all kinds. I was born October 15, 1844 in Röcken bei Lützen, Prussia. I am a Prussian/German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of traditional morality and Christianity, and up until recently have been taking a hiatus from "thinking". I believe in life, creativity, health, and the realities of the world we live in, rather than those situated in a world beyond. Central to my philosophy is the idea of "life-affirmation," which involves an honest questioning of all doctrines which drain life's energies, however socially prevalent those views might be. I am often referred to as one of the first "existentialist" philosophers, I have inspired leading figures in all walks of cultural life, including dancers, poets, novelists, painters, psychologists, philosophers, sociologists and social revolutionaries. Some would even say that I am their favorite person of all time.
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My Interests

Books:

Anything by Socrates, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Schopenhaur, Kant.
Books I have written include, but are not limited to:
Homer and Classical Philology Distributed Christmas 1869
Contribution toward the Study and the Critique of the Sources of Diogenes Laertius Distributed May 1870
Socrates and Greek Tragedy Distributed June 1871
The Birth Of Tragedy Published January 2, 1872
Untimely Meditations: David Strauss: the confessor & the writer Published August 8, 1873
On the Use and Abuse of History for Life Published February 22, 1874
Schopenhauer as Educator Published October 15, 1874
Richard Wagner in Bayreuth Published July 10, 1876
Human, All Too Human Published May 7, 1878
The Birth Of Tragedy, Second Edition Published September 4, 1878
Human, All Too Human: A Supplement: Mixed Opinions and Maxims Published March 20, 1879
The Wanderer and His Shadow Published December 18, 1879
The Dawn Published July 1881
Idylls from Messina (in "Internationale Monatsschrift," May 1882) Published June 1882
The Gay Science Published September 10, 1882
Thus Spoke Zarathustra I Published August 1883
Thus Spoke Zarathustra II Published late 1883 or early 1884
Thus Spoke Zarathustra III Published April 10, 1884
Thus Spoke Zarathustra IV Distributed May 1885 (First Trade Edition published March 1892)
Beyond Good and Evil Published August 4, 1886
The Birth Of Tragedy, Third Edition (New Title: The Birth of Tragedy Or: Hellenism and Pessimism) Published October 31, 1886
Human, All Too Human, Second Edition (Volume I): New Preface Published October 31, 1886
Human, All Too Human, Second Edition (Volume II): New Preface, Mixed Opinions and Maxims and The Wanderer and His Shadow Published October 31, 1886
Thus Spoke Zarathustra I, II, III (New Title Page) Published late 1886
Untimely Meditations (New Title Pages): David Strauss: the confessor & the writer Published 1886
On the Use and Abuse of History for Life Published 1886 Schopenhauer as Educator Published 1886
Richard Wagner in Bayreuth Published July 1886
The Dawn, Second Edition: New Preface Published June 24, 1887
The Gay Science, Second Edition: New Title Page, Preface, Book V, and Songs of Prince Vogelfrei Published June 24, 1887
Hymn to Life, for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra Published October 20, 1887
On the Genealogy of Morals Published November 16, 1887
The Case of Wagner Published September 22, 1888
Twilight of the Idols Published January 24, 1889
Nietzsche contra Wagner Published February 1889
Dionysus Dithyrambs Published March 1892
The Antichrist Published November 1894
Poems and Maxims Published April 1898
The Will to Power Nachlass Notes Selected and Published by Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche: First Version in December 1901
—Second Version in December 1906
—Third Version in September 1911

Heroes:

Schopenhaur, Socrates, Hamlet, Emerson, Goethe, Jacob Burckhardt,and perhaps Ranier Maria Rilke and Jesus... Also my friends, Gustav Krug, Wilhelm Pinder, Paul Deussen, Carl von Gersdorff, Erwin Rohde, Paul Re (thank you for your pessimism!), and Peter Gast and Franz Overbeck, true friends until the end.

My Blog

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Thank God for Christmas. Bah!
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:17:00 PST

10,000!

You are now 10,000 strong! The army's scope is magnificent!
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:26:00 PST

On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense

1 In some remote corner of the universe, poured out and glittering in innumerable solar systems, there once was a star on which clever animals invented knowledge. That was the highest and most mendac...
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:47:00 PST

NEW FRIENDS READ HERE.

The abundance of friend requests have burdened me. I want to comment on each page as usual, but there are just too many. If you require one, email me; sometimes if you comment first I shall comment ba...
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 11:03:00 PST

Letters to Friends.

Turin, ca. January 4, 1889: Letter to Franz OverbeckTo friend Overbeck and wife.Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody wh...
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:47:00 PST

Interesting video

I agree with all of it except the obviously untrue part!.. width="425" height="350">..>...
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:08:00 PST

A True Fan Asks a Question.

From: Tiddy Date: Jun 26, 2006 4:47 AMFlag spam/abuse. [ ? ]Subject: No Subject Body: dude, why did you die when that guy wuz beatin on that horse? i would like some highly philisophical anwser. later...
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:05:00 PST

Why I Am a Fatality, (or A Destiny).

For the fans of the self-revelatory, I present you with this passage from Ecce Homo, a true love. I am allowing no comments to be made upon this sheet of beauty. For your mark or your challenge would ...
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:44:00 PST

The Gay Science...

Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market-place, and cried incessantly: "I am looking for God! I am looking for God!" As many of those who di...
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Fri, 26 May 2006 06:11:00 PST

On Free Death

Many die too late and a few die too early. The doctrine still sounds strange: "Die at the right time!"...I want to die myself that you, my friends, may love the earth more for my sake; and to earth I ...
Posted by Friedrich W. Nietzsche on Sun, 14 May 2006 09:26:00 PST