Nietzsche

[ nee-chuh, -chee ]

noun

1. Frie·drich Wil·helm [free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm], 1844–1900, German philosopher.

Nietzsche

/ ˈniːtʃɪən; ˈniːtʃə /

noun

1. NietzscheFriedrich Wilhelm18441900MGermanPHILOSOPHY: philosopherWRITING: poetWRITING: critic Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1844–1900, German philosopher, poet, and critic, noted esp for his concept of the superman and his rejection of traditional Christian values. His chief works are The Birth of Tragedy (1872), Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–91), and Beyond Good and Evil (1886)

Derived Forms

• Nietzschean, nounadjective
• ˈNietzscheˌism, noun

Example Sentences

The trilogy’s politics often felt like a weird melding of Noam Chomsky-style capitalist critique and Nietzsche’s ideas about superhumanity.

From Vox

Nietzsche even wrote a whole treatise on who to use and abuse history.

From TIme

But as Nietzsche once wrote, “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.”

From The Daily Beast

He described his victory as a miracle yet he quotes Nietzsche as a source for his vision of how Christianity should move forward.

From The Daily Beast

Next time you watch a Yeasayer video on YouTube, consider: the Internet offers us Nietzsche for the people.

From The Daily Beast

“I do not want to wage war against what is ugly,” wrote Nietzsche.

From The Daily Beast

But Nietzsche understood resentment is a powerful, dangerous counterforce to any positivity police.

From The Daily Beast

A typical example of this was Friederich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, who died a few years ago in an insane asylum.

From Project Gutenberg

I sat in the library, in the morris chair, deeply immersed in the life of Nietzsche, by his sister.

From Project Gutenberg

And the anti-Christian German philosopher, Nietzsche, found himself quite at one with the pious field-marshal.

From Project Gutenberg

Meanwhile the hope of victory is changed into that "impotent resentment" so graphically described by Nietzsche.

From Project Gutenberg

Read your Nietzsche, my good fellow, and see what he says about the practical serviceability of Excess!

From Project Gutenberg