In 1883, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote these words: “Have you not heard of that Madman who lit a lantern ...

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 ...

The German philosopher Karl Marx once stated that Christianity was “the opium of the masses.” Sure enough, religion in general, and Christianity in particular has often been portrayed by nonbelievers ...

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.

The widespread acceptance of the “death of God” (i.e. God either did not exist or was a meaningless concept) resulted in the ...

In 1966, Time magazine, in startling fashion, asked the question directly: “Is God Dead?” After all, it’s an important ...

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 picture of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche features prominently in the artwork for the new Black Sabbath single “God is Dead?” Having previously written about Sabbath’s connection to Nietzsche ...

God is Dead is a silent textbased video in black and white that runs 3 minutes and 32 seconds In the video two sentences alternate in a continuous fadeout God is Dead by Nietzsche and Nietzsche is ...