Friederich Nietzsche was a German philosopher who did not agree with the values of his era and attacked many institutions. His first accomplishment was the publication of "The Birth of Tragedy." In the book he expressed his belief that the non rational parts of human nature were just as important to life as the rational parts. He also expressed his belief that heroic life and artistic achievement came from sources beyond reason and logic. His most profound accomplishments were his books "Beyond Good and Evil" and "The Genealogy of Morals" published in the late 1880's. In these books he tried to discover what led to the sources of good and evil and whether morality was valuable to humanity. Nietzsche believed humans could create their own new
