Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (pronounced Nietzsche pronunciation: /ˈfriːdrɪç ˈviːlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə/ or /ˈniːtʃi/), a reputation synonymous with radical believed and philosophical upheaval, was a 19th-century German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose operate has exerted a profound affect on contemporary inte