The complete online text of Homer and Classical Philology by Friedrich Nietzsche.

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) foresaw a European collapse into nihilism. In works of powerful and beautiful prose and poetry he struggled to head off the catastrophe. Friedrich Nietzsche was born on Oct. 15, 1844, in Röcken,...

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche foresaw a European collapse into nihilism. In works of powerful and beautiful prose and poetry he struggled to head off the catastrophe. Friedrich Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844, in Röcken, a villag...

Virtually unknown and ignored during his productive life, Friedrich Nietzsche lapsed into insanity in the first days of 1889 and only glimpsed the beginning of his rapid ascent to fame and controversy throughout the world. By 1900 Nietzsche's thoughts we...

Incense at the Altar: Pioneering Sinologists and the Development of Classical Chinese Philology. By DAVID B. HONEY. American Oriental Series, no. 86. New Haven: AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY, 2001. Pp. xxxv + 359. $35. The reverential title of this account of the work...

Everyone knows a classical education is the key to success. Ask people who have one. They'll tell you how impressed others are when they insist on conjugating the verb cogitare or criticizing somebody who says "eck setera." Yes, a classical education has a million...