Friedrich Nietzsche:

The greatest event of recent times — that 'God is dead,' that the belief in the Christian God has become unbelievable — is already beginning to cast its first shadows over Europe.

— Friedrich Nietzsche Modern

God is dead, existentialism

Context

The Gay Science

Date / Period

1882

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52290/52290-h/52290-h.htm

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