Nietzsche and His Philosophies At approximately ten o’clock a.m. on October 15, 1844, not only a human being was born, but also a foundation was laid for future revolutions in the ways of philosophy and interpretation of human thought. Nietzsche was a German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of traditional morality and Christianity. He believed in life, creativity, health, and the realities of the world we live in, rather than …showed first 75 words of 2475 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2475 total…said in Human all too Human “Christianity came into existence in order to lighten the heart; but now it has first to burden the heart so as afterwards to be able to lighten it. Consequently it shall perish.” However, out of all the quotes found on Nietzsche I believe the one that sum up everything he said was “What? Is man merely a mistake of God’s? Or God merely a mistake of man’s?”