
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.
You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
Birth: | 15th October, 1844 |
Death: | 25th August, 1900 |
Nationality: | German |
Profession: | Critic, Philologist, Philosopher, Poet, Professor |
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born in Röcken, Saxony, Germany. He was a German philosopher, critic, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Beginning his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy, he became the youngest-ever occupant of the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869, at age 24. He was only 24 years old and had neither completed his doctorate nor received a teaching certificate. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Leipzig.
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