I Began The Study Of Medicine, Impelled

Nietzsche, Driven By The Absolute Demand Of His Existential Truthfulness, Could Not Abide The Bourgeois World, Even When Its Representative Had Human Nobility.

The Greek Word For Philosopher (philosophos) Connotes A Distinction From Sophos. It Signifies The Lover Of Wisdom (knowledge) As Distinguished From Him Who Considers Himself Wise In The Possession Of Knowledge. This Meaning Of The Word Still Endures: The Essence Of Philosophy Is Not The Possession Of The Truth But The Search For Truth. ... Philosophy Means To Be On The Way. Its Questions Are More Essential Than Its Answers, And Every Answer Becomes A New Question.

When In Our Isolation We See Our Lives Seeping Away As A Mere Succession Of Moments, Tossed Meaninglessly About By Accidents And Overwhelming Events; When We Contemplate A History That Seems To Be At An End, Leaving Only Chaos Behind It, Then We Are Impelled To Raise Ourselves Above History.

The Study Of Law Left Me Unsatisfied, Because I Did Not Know The Aspects Of Life Which It Serves. I Perceived Only The Intricate Mental Juggling With Fictions That Did Not Interest Me.

As A Universal History Of Philosophy, The History Of Philosophy Must Become One Great Unity.