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