Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, social critic, poet, philologist / linguist, and Greek / Latin scholar whose work has made a weighty impact on Western philosophy and modern history. He was acclaimed as “The Critic of All That Exists” for his negative criticism of our social norms and how we blindly follow.
Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844 in Röcken, Germany, He began his career as a classical philologist which is the study of language, it is also a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics before moving to philosophy. He was one of the youngest to take leadership of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869, at the early age of 24. He gave up the position in 1879 due to his health issues …show more content…
Nietzsche in” The Will to Power as Society and Individual," Nietzsche's views involving how his writings of the will to power is prominent in both societies and in individuals which are in the society are presented. He looked at society as if it had reduced to people being lazy and not being go-getters. Nietzsche argued that in modern times we don’t have many greats such as those from the renaissance and we need to work hard to achieve our potential greatness. Nietzsche was often concerned with the negative effects of society and Christian moral tradition towards individuals. These overbearing forces shutdown a human being's natural instinct for gain of more which would keep a person at the level of everyone else, only to settle with being mediocre. He was a major critic of the modern …show more content…
Nietzsche was quoted “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” He believed that love was something pointless if it were not for friendship. A marriage should be a lifelong relationship between lovers who have an unbreakable bond of friendship. he was quoted again saying “love is blind, and friendship closed its eyes”. This is something many people do not understand, in order to maintain a healthy long-lasting relationship, you must be on a level of friendship only you and your partner can understand. On the contrary Nietzsche also
Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844 in Röcken, Germany, He began his career as a classical philologist which is the study of language, it is also a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics before moving to philosophy. He was one of the youngest to take leadership of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869, at the early age of 24. He gave up the position in 1879 due to his health issues …show more content…
Nietzsche in” The Will to Power as Society and Individual," Nietzsche's views involving how his writings of the will to power is prominent in both societies and in individuals which are in the society are presented. He looked at society as if it had reduced to people being lazy and not being go-getters. Nietzsche argued that in modern times we don’t have many greats such as those from the renaissance and we need to work hard to achieve our potential greatness. Nietzsche was often concerned with the negative effects of society and Christian moral tradition towards individuals. These overbearing forces shutdown a human being's natural instinct for gain of more which would keep a person at the level of everyone else, only to settle with being mediocre. He was a major critic of the modern …show more content…
Nietzsche was quoted “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” He believed that love was something pointless if it were not for friendship. A marriage should be a lifelong relationship between lovers who have an unbreakable bond of friendship. he was quoted again saying “love is blind, and friendship closed its eyes”. This is something many people do not understand, in order to maintain a healthy long-lasting relationship, you must be on a level of friendship only you and your partner can understand. On the contrary Nietzsche also