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Interview

Henk Manschot

Henk Manschot is Professor Emeritus at the University of Humanistics in the Netherlands. Amirali Maleki interviews him about Nietzsche’s approach to philosophy and life.

Is Nietzsche’s philosophy – or not only Nietzsche’s but all philosophers’ philosophy – a reflection of their daily lives?

A very interesting question. I think that philosophers, like every human being, are embedded in their daily environment and their perceptions of it. But what makes a philosopher great is that he or she reflects on the images, ideas and emotions he receives from his education, culture, and religion, and comes up with new ways of perceiving and feeling the world around them. This is in particular true for Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900).

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