"Whither is God?" he cried "I will tell you. “The madman jumped into their midst and pierced them with his eyes. Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? emigrated?-Thus they yelled and laughed. Did he lose his way like a child? asked another. “Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: "I seek God! I seek God!"-As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Here is the original Nietzsche essay, The Madman: 1 Modern culture in “the age of science and reason” had just declared, “God is Dead!” Nietzsche used his Madman to ask if Western culture was really ready for the philosophical ramifications of “killing God?” Nietzsche and The Madman – A Culture Without Godįriedrich Nietzsche wrote his famous, one-page essay, “The Madman,” for the periodical, Gay Science, in 1887.
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