While strolling through the streets of Turin, Friedrich Nietzsche once spotted a horse being whipped. Inwardly moved, he flung his arms about the animal’s neck and wept bitterly. It was Jan. 3 ...

Nietzsche’s thought hovered at the edge of the abyss, and he eventually crossed into it. The story goes that on Jan. 3, 1889, he broke down in Turin, Italy, upon watching a cabman abuse a horse.

Participating via a satellite connection from Boston, Professor Rosen discussed the life and works of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche for about 54 minutes. One of his books is [The Mask of ...

Why, 180 years after his birth, Friedrich Nietzsche’s ideas still resonate, provoke and inspire. He wrote philosophy with a hammer, and 124 years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche’s writings still ...

Friedrich Nietzsche’s controversial pronouncement from The Gay Science was the subject of exploration in several of then-Cardinal Ratzinger’s reflections on Holy Saturday.