The Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophise with the Hammer
The Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophise with the Hammer
By Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
10 Oct, 2019
Nietzsche criticizes German culture of the day as unsophisticated, decadent and nihilistic, and shoots some disapproving arrows at key French, British, and Italian cultural figures who represent similar tendencies. In contrast to all these alleged re
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Nietzsche criticizes German culture of the day as unsophisticated, decadent and nihilistic, and shoots some disapproving arrows at key French, British, and Italian cultural figures who represent similar tendencies. In contrast to all these alleged representatives of cultural "decadence", Nietzsche applauds Caesar, Napoleon, Goethe, Thucydides, and the Sophists as healthier and stronger types. The book states the transvaluation of all values as Nietzsche's final and most important project and gives a view of antiquity wherein the Romans for once take precedence over the ancient Greeks, albeit only in the field of literature. Less