
Nihilism
Friedrich Nietzsche
1844–1900
“Beyond good and evil lies the transvaluation of all values.”
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. His critiques of truth, morality, and religion, as well as concepts like the Übermensch and eternal recurrence, remain central to contemporary philosophy.
Contribution
Will to power, eternal return, perspectivism
Key Works
- • Thus Spoke Zarathustra
- • Beyond Good and Evil
- • The Gay Science
- • On the Genealogy of Morality