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 ...

When Friedrich Nietzsche famously declared that “God is dead,” he was not announcing the literal death of the Christian God or any other religious deity. Rather, he was diagnosing the erosion of ...

A police officer takes cover after lobbing teargas at protestors during Saba Saba demonstrations in Kisii town. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] The ongoing maandamano (demonstrations) provide the sad reality ...

Nietzsche’s most quoted book is also his most misunderstood. 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' travels through culture as slogans and bravado, while its deeper questions remain avoided. This text traces how ...