Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher, philologist, and cultural critic whose work reshaped modern thought. His writings—including Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Genealogy of Morals, and The Birth of Tragedy—challenged religion, morality, and philosophy. Nietzsche’s unique style combined aphorism, metaphor, and psychological insight, influencing thinkers from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung to Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault.

Despite his mental collapse in 1889, Nietzsche’s legacy endures as one of the most provocative and transformative forces in philosophy. His call to live courageously, to create values rather than inherit them, and to affirm life in all its chaos continues to inspire generations of readers to question, resist, and reinvent the world anew.