Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (pronounced Nietzsche pronunciation: /ˈfriːdrɪç ˈviːlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə/ or /ˈniːtʃi/), a reputation synonymous with radical considered and philosophical upheaval, was a nineteenth-century German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose operate has exerted a profound affect on contempor