The Nut Case

There is not one normal thought in his life and his ideas call for nothing less than the overthrow of all former societies. His books are highly interesting, although very few people do have a clue what exactly he wants to say. His philosophy is crude, but fascinating. However, once you meet the great brain you will find out that personally he is a real jerk.

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Friedrich Wilhelm N. a.k.a. Superman

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), philologist, writer and probably the most chaotic philosopher of all European thinkers. He created the masterpiece "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" which, even nowadays, no one really understands. He broke with an impressive range of subjects: Platonism, Socialism, Democracy and Christianity. Nietzsche was a difficult character: He rejected people if he found them not intelligent enough; he hated women (or at least pretended to); he was a self-satisfied egomaniac. In the end he literally went crazy and vegetated, mentally deranged in his final years. If you leave this last part of the story out, you can learn from Nietzsche how to become a philosophic outlaw.

1st of all: Make sure, no one likes you so you feel absolutely alone on this planet. The fact no one is able to understand you is a precondition for madness. To keep people away from you treat them badly - and start with your bad behaviour as early as possible. Do not wait until university starts - you will waste far too much time.. Instead, go on like Nietzsche. He was already mean as a child and did not have many friends at school.

2nd: Be creative! There is a fine line between genius and madness. If you feel like you have chaos within you, you already walk in Nietzsches footsteps. And university still remains the best place for chaos.

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It's either you or them. Tertium non datur.

3rd: Choose the very few people you have contact with carefully and make sure they are even more crazy and a bit more intelligent than you. If you find those people, never lose sight of them. This is what Nietzsche did when he met Richard Wagner and his lady Cosima for the first time. If someone asks you why you follow them everywhere they go, make a serious face and say that you have found your true father figure - your biological parents simply did not understand you!

4th: Growing a funny moustache would do a lot (and even more so if you happen to be a woman). Ever seen a picture of Nietzsche? And if that is not enough in working on your body, Nietzsche suffered from a sexually transmitted disease... You know what I am trying to say?

5th: Avoid long explanations! Nietzsche loved to write in aphorisms and if someone did not understand the line of his thoughts, guess what he did? Exactly - he simply did not care.

6th: Reach for the stars! You do not just want to found a new form of philosophy or art, you want a completely new world. Nietzsche dreamed of nothing less than the renewal of mankind, and the formation of a kind of superman. Changing the world should always be your credo. If you feel it is driving you crazy, keep going! You are now very close to the normal Nietzschean state.

Last but not least, Nietzsche hated morality and rules - so simply do not care about it. You do not need anything or anyone to tell you what to do - so forget the six rules you just read.