Thought for the Day
“He who fights with monsters
should look to it that he himself
does not become a monster.
And when you gaze long into an abyss
the abyss also gazes into you.”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844-1900)
*Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Born October 15, 1844 Röcken bei Lützen, Prussia
Died August 25, 1900 (aged 55) Weimar, Saxony, German Empire
A 19th-century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism.
Nietzsche’s influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. His style and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth have resulted in much commentary and interpretation, mostly in the continental tradition. His key ideas include the death of God, perspectivism, the Übermensch, the eternal recurrence, and the will to power.
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Happy Birthday
- 70 BC – Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
- 1844 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (d. 1900)
- 1935 – Barry McGuire, American singer
- 1938 – Marv Johnson, American singer (d. 1993)
- 1957 – Mira Nair, Indian director
- 1959 – Emeril Lagasse, American chef
History Today
- 1783 – The Montgolfier brothers’ hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon)
- 1878 – The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
- 1928 – The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
- 1951 – The situation comedy “I Love Lucy” premiered on CBS.
- 1990 – South Africa’s Separate Amenities Act, which had barred blacks from public facilities for decades, was scrapped.
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