From time to time, the articles in this column have referred to the philosophical works of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), and many of you rightly have questioned my interest ...

In 1883 the German philosopher Fredrich Nietzsche wrote these words: “Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: ...

In 1882, the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, prophet of the post-Christian world, proclaimed that God was dead. Nietzsche imagined a madman running into the marketplace, looking frantically for God.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a philosopher and a secular prophet. He understood that the long run of the modern enlightenment was coming to its end. In his famous “Parable of the Madman,” the ...

A story once reached my ears that is almost certainly apocryphal, yet it conveys truth. The story is this: A man was approaching the entrance to a New York City subway station when he looked up and ...

What you need to know: Nietzsche forced Europe to confront uncomfortable truths about the foundations of its morality. Perhaps his words offer Africa a different kind of mirror, not one that predicts ...