Frederick Nietzsche
Born: 1844. Rocken,
Germany
Died: 1900. Weimar, Germany
Major Works: The Gay Science (1882),
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883-1885),
Beyond Good & Evil (1886),
On the Genealogy of Morals (1887),
MAJOR IDEAS
Self deception is a particularly destructive characteristic of West Culture.
Life is The Will To Power; our natural desire is to
dominate and
reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal
strength to the fullest degree possible.
Struggle, through which individuals achieve a degree of power
commensurate with their abilities, is the basic fact of human existence.
Ideals of human equality perpetuate mediocrity -- a truth that has
been distorted and concealed by modern value systems.
Christian morality, which identifies goodness with meekness and
servility is the prime culprit in creating a cultural
climate that thwarts
the drive for excellence and self realization
God is dead; a new era of human creativity and achievement is at
hand. -- Great Thinkers In The Western World. By: Ian
P. McGreal, 1992
