This quote comes as a provocative reflection on Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of love as a force that transcends moral binaries, ...

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There can be little doubt that Nietzsche is the most important figure in modern atheism, but you would never know it from reading the current crop of unbelievers, who rarely cite his arguments or even ...

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The Philosophical Corner is a monthly column dedicated to the exposure and discussion of philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche, born in mid-17th-century Germany, was a vain genius. From his numerous books ...

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Self-obedience is not self-punishment. It is self-governance. It means deciding what matters, then doing what that decision ...

It takes a strong philosopher to assume control of a preposition and propel it into a foreign language. That is what Friedrich Nietzsche did with the word über. In German, it can mean “over,” “beyond, ...