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Philosophical Haiku

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

by Terence Green

God dies, void beckons
Moral slaves to human fears:
Beyond, salvation.

Friedrich Nietzsche with his friends Lou Salome and Paul Ree

Beloved especially by young men who believe that he’s speaking directly to their alienated souls, there is considerably more to Friedrich Nietzsche than existential angst. His reputation also suffered at the hands of his horrid sister, who allowed his appropriation by the Nazis – made possible by her editing and massive distortion of his unpublished writings. As a philosopher, poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer, Nietzsche wrote a swathe of brilliant works touching on religion, philosophy, morality, and language, written with an aphoristic, ironic and metaphorical lyricism.

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