The complete online text of We Philologists 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...

Frances Austin and Bernard Jones. The Language and Craft of William Barnes, English Poet and Philologist (1801-1886). Studies in British Literature 64. Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press, 2002. This book is a landmark in the study of Barnes, offering the first full-length treatment of...

Victor Klemperer, The Language of the Third Reich: LTI, Lingua Tertii Imperii--A Philologist's Notebook, trans. Martin Brady (New York and London: Continuum Books, 2002), 306 pages, paperback $29.95. People are forever quoting Talleyrand's remark that language is only there in order...