The Age of Nothing: How We Sought to Live Since the Death of God by Peter Watson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 624pp Culture and the Death of God by Terry Eagleton Yale University Press, 264pp There can be ...

Friedrich Nietzsche’s book Thus Spake Zarathustra begins with the protagonist, none other than Zarathustra himself, waking up one morning and realizing that 10 years of meditation have given him a ...

It takes a strong philosopher to assume control of a preposition and propel it into a foreign language. That is what Friedrich Nietzsche did with the word über. In German, it can mean “over,” “beyond, ...

The Big Ideas series has for several months now explored the meaning of a number of familiar intellectual phrases, among them Marshall McLuhan's "the medium is the message", Hannah Arendt's "the ...

Friedrich Nietzsche's quote emphasises that personal growth often leads to being misunderstood by those who haven't ...

The Philosophical Corner is a monthly column dedicated to the exposure and discussion of philosophy. Friedrich Nietzsche, born in mid-17th-century Germany, was a vain genius. From his numerous books ...

Philosophy professor John Kaag's 2016 book, American Philosophy, was a heady mix of memoir and intellectual history wrapped up in a romantic story of a lost library and new love. In Hiking with ...

Given that the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche died in 1900, it might seem to be a stretch to turn to his ideas for inspiration about how to navigate the pitfalls of digital technology. And yet, since ...

How Nietzsche Came in from the Cold, by Philipp Felsch, trans. Daniel Bowles (Cambridge: Polity, 2024), $29.95 The most learned man I know suggests a comic figure. He is bald, short, and excitable. He ...

Nietzsche condemned anyone offering ‘answers’ or ‘solace’ – but engaging with nihilism can teach us to face the discomfort of a potentially meaningless existence Get our weekend culture and lifestyle ...