The decades-old tension threatening to rip Europe apart
Generations of political leaders have struggled to provide an answer to Friedrich Nietzsche’s deceptively simple question: what is a good European? Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, stares at his … Continue reading
“Philosophy, as I have understood and lived it to this day, is a life voluntarily spent in ice and high mountains”
“Philosophy, as I have understood and lived it to this day, is a life voluntarily spent in ice and high mountains – a searching out of all that is alien … Continue reading
D’Annunzio has nothing to offer the sterile theorists of the new illiterate literature
D’Annunzio has nothing to offer the sterile theorists of the new illiterate literature, who are as incapable of appreciating his refined and subtle perversities as they are of admiring the … Continue reading
“‘He knows and he kept repeating that all the good things—the best things in his experience—were at an end”
“‘He knows and he kept repeating that all the good things—the best things in his experience—were at an end, and, weeping uncontrollably, he begged for forgiveness.’ On 10 April 1875, … Continue reading
When you read a book about Nietzsche you are struck by how the man was in almost constant motion!
When you read a book about Nietzsche you are struck by how the man was in almost constant motion! He never stopped travelling around Europe in ceaseless, restless search for … Continue reading
“For Nietzsche a philosopher’s ideas were less important than the quality of his striving”
“For Nietzsche a philosopher’s ideas were less important than the quality of his striving towards existence on a philosophical or supra-historical plane. In short, he must be a hero, as … Continue reading
“Schopenhauer als Erzieher is in line with the impatience he had shown as a boy”
“Schopenhauer als Erzieher is in line with the impatience he had shown as a boy with Deussen and other schoolfriends for apparently failing to realise their potential. Instead of exulting … Continue reading
“None of Nietzsche’s books was selling well”
“None of Nietzsche’s books was selling well. About five hundred copies of the essay on David Strauss had been sold and two hundred of the history essay, but the second … Continue reading
All I want to do is get on that train to Europe
All I want to do is get on that train to Europe, so then the agony and the sadness of the end of my relationship with —– can flood my … Continue reading
“He was thirty”
“He was thirty—the age at which Hegel had arrived at the opposite conclusion. Without being suicidal, his feelings at the beginning of 1875 could scarcely have been more negative. ‘I … Continue reading
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