Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks

Later preface

By selecting only a few doctrines for each philosopher, Nietzsche hoped to exhibit each philosopher's personality.

Friedrich Nietzsche Reading and influence

A trained philologist, Nietzsche had a thorough knowledge of Greek philosophy. He read Kant, Plato, Mill, Schopenhauer and Spir, who became his main opp..

Friedrich Nietzsche and free will About death of God and nihilism

The downfall of Christian values is not an effect – as it has been presented hitherto – of human free will. The supreme values (especially f..

Friedrich Nietzsche Relationships and sexuality

Nietzsche never married. Nietzsche proposed to Lou Salomé three times, but his proposal was rejected each time. Nietzsche's and Nietzsche and Lou Andrea..

Friedrich Nietzsche and free will About organized religion

Religion is a form of controlling people: one man-machine wants to achieve power over another. Even the term freedom, very often used by theologians, in..

Friedrich Nietzsche and free will "Me", will, and chance

Will is something that determines human acts, thoughts etc. It is will what makes man reluctant to toss a coin for something (cf. The Antichrist about C..