Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
God is dead" (German: Gott ist tot [ɡɔt ɪst toːt] ⓘ; also known as the death of God) is a statement made by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The first instance of this statement in Nietzsche's writings is in his 1882 The Gay Science , where it appears three times.
The statement "God is dead," occurring in several of Nietzsche's works (notably in The Gay Science), has become one of his best-known remarks. On the basis of it, many commentators [ 170 ] regard Nietzsche as an atheist ; others (such as Kaufmann) suggest that this statement might reflect a more subtle understanding of divinity.
First instance of the poem, within Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in German Second instance of the poem, within Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in German. Zarathustra's roundelay (German: Zarathustra's Rundgesang), [1] also called the Midnight Song (Mitternachts-Lied [2]) or Once More (German: Noch ein Mal), [3] is a poem in the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–1885) by Friedrich Nietzsche.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900): German philosopher whose Beyond Good and Evil sought to refute traditional notions of morality. Nietzsche penned a memorable secular statement of the Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence in Thus Spoke Zarathustra and is forever associated with the phrase, "God is dead" (first seen in his book, The Gay Science). [111 ...
Friedrich Nietzsche, in circa 1875. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) developed his philosophy during the late 19th century. He owed the awakening of his philosophical interest to reading Arthur Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (The World as Will and Representation, 1819, revised 1844) and said that Schopenhauer was one of the few thinkers that he respected, dedicating to him ...
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra, is a work of philosophical fiction written by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche; it was published in four volumes between 1883 and 1885.
The current death-of-God group believes that God is indeed absolutely dead, but proposes to carry on and write a theology without theos, without God. — Toward a Hidden God The article pointed out that while this movement had roots in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche , it also drew on a broader range of thinkers.
Cover of the first edition of "Vom Nutzen und Nachtheil der Historie für das Leben" (the second essay of the work), 1874. Untimely Meditations (German: Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen), also translated as Unfashionable Observations [1] and Thoughts Out of Season, [2] consists of four works by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, started in 1873 and completed in 1876.