Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophical profile and overview

Friedrich Nietzsche
Era
Nietzsche's work essentially belongs to the modern period, more explicitly during the late 19th century.
Philosophical Focus
His philosophical focus lay predominantly on the critique of traditional morality and religion, examining individuality, freedom, and the nature of truth. His philosophy encourages self-affirmation, individual creativity and the rejection of herd instinct and social conventions.
About
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, and philologist born on October 15, 1844, and died on August 25, 1900. Nietzsche became one of the most influential philosophers, credited with pivotal thoughts in philosophy, including the death of God, perspectivism, the รœbermensch, and eternal recurrence.