"We have abolished the real world: what world is left? The apparent world perhaps? . . . But no! with the real world we have also abolished the apparent world."
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and cultural critic whose works challenged religion, morality, and metaphysics. His books include Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and On the Genealogy of Morality. His thought deeply influenced modern philosophy and literature.