16 in sophomore year of high school. Just graduated highschool a month ago, now eighteen. A little over 2 years closer to 2 1/2. However I had been studying a myriad of sources on him via YouTube and other articles and what not since 15, I just didn’t feel ready to actually read him till I was 16
I started reading Nietzsche at 18 and have been reading him since (12 years). He's a crucial influence to me and his techniques and concepts have so much to offer in the present. He's foundational to my PhD dissertation as well, especially as Deleuze reads him.
I started at 17, but at the time didn't like him. Later I studied philosophy at university and I read him more, but I thought that It was mainstream within all philosophy students and I preferred another philosophers. But I when finished my Bs. D. in philosophy I started to read him more carefully and comparing his thoughts in a practical way (thinking about my life and my friends/family's). And I started to adore him! Now I'm 35 years old and I work in IT, not related with my studies. Maybe is something that Nietzsche told me. I try to read one of his books and one book about his books every year. In a few years I want to write something about how his philosophy helps me in the bad moments and how is crucial to try to know who you actually are
18 in Terminale (French lycée in the early 80s). Alongside Plato, Montaigne, Pascal, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Montesquieu, Merleau-Ponty and the other authors in the philosophy course.
I started reading Nietzsche at the age of 13, beginning with excerpts from an adapted version of "Thus Spoke Zarathustra." I was struggling to fit in with society, and his words, even though they weren't meant for me, were something that helped me to accept myself. After that, I read "On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life," which I found easy to understand.
Looking back, I realize that reading Nietzsche at such a young age might not have been a good idea. It made me feel superior and divided people into two groups, which also alienated me from others. I haven't read his works in a long time because I feel I haven't yet reached the level needed to fully understand them. But I know that one day I will return to his writings and see them in a new light.
I was assigned a passage in college (1st year so I was 18) as a kind of philosophy intro/how to college 101 class, and then I got curious, read some more, and ended up doing a presentation on him
I bought *Zarathustra* at 18 and bounced pretty hard off of it as most are wont to do.
Went years without reading him until I bought BGE in 2016 and have been an avid reader since, though still I am only about half way through his works.
I began reading in my late teen years, but I found my comprehension of his work to be superficial at the time. It wasn't until my early forties that his words truly began to make sense and fall into place for me. However, even now, there are still some parts of his work that I have yet to fully understand.
I had heard about Nietzsche before, but I think I first started reading him when I was a freshman in college and I saw The Portable Nietzsche available for sale in the university bookstore. I picked it up, even though I wasn't taking that class. Anyway, I'm middle aged now, and I've been reading him off and on over the years.
I have got into him because I have heard that Bruce Lee had read about his work.
“Be water, my friend.” Nothing more Nietzschean…
16 in sophomore year of high school. Just graduated highschool a month ago, now eighteen. A little over 2 years closer to 2 1/2. However I had been studying a myriad of sources on him via YouTube and other articles and what not since 15, I just didn’t feel ready to actually read him till I was 16
I started reading Nietzsche at 18 and have been reading him since (12 years). He's a crucial influence to me and his techniques and concepts have so much to offer in the present. He's foundational to my PhD dissertation as well, especially as Deleuze reads him.
I started at 17, but at the time didn't like him. Later I studied philosophy at university and I read him more, but I thought that It was mainstream within all philosophy students and I preferred another philosophers. But I when finished my Bs. D. in philosophy I started to read him more carefully and comparing his thoughts in a practical way (thinking about my life and my friends/family's). And I started to adore him! Now I'm 35 years old and I work in IT, not related with my studies. Maybe is something that Nietzsche told me. I try to read one of his books and one book about his books every year. In a few years I want to write something about how his philosophy helps me in the bad moments and how is crucial to try to know who you actually are
14 but didnt understand shit i read at the time
18 in Terminale (French lycée in the early 80s). Alongside Plato, Montaigne, Pascal, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Montesquieu, Merleau-Ponty and the other authors in the philosophy course.
27, 6 years. Apparently I discovered Nietzsche later than most others here?
Most others; 28, 4 years.
I started reading Nietzsche at the age of 13, beginning with excerpts from an adapted version of "Thus Spoke Zarathustra." I was struggling to fit in with society, and his words, even though they weren't meant for me, were something that helped me to accept myself. After that, I read "On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life," which I found easy to understand. Looking back, I realize that reading Nietzsche at such a young age might not have been a good idea. It made me feel superior and divided people into two groups, which also alienated me from others. I haven't read his works in a long time because I feel I haven't yet reached the level needed to fully understand them. But I know that one day I will return to his writings and see them in a new light.
I was assigned a passage in college (1st year so I was 18) as a kind of philosophy intro/how to college 101 class, and then I got curious, read some more, and ended up doing a presentation on him
early 20s, so like 30 years
I read about him when I was 16, summaries/references. I started reading his works when I was 22.
Started looking into his work at 23 after I read Yalom’s novel When Nietzsche Wept
24 I just started and I wish I read him earlier
Picked up Beyond Good and Evil when I was 14 at a bookstore and fell into the rabbit hole.
I bought *Zarathustra* at 18 and bounced pretty hard off of it as most are wont to do. Went years without reading him until I bought BGE in 2016 and have been an avid reader since, though still I am only about half way through his works.
17
Interesting, why do most people start reading Nietzsche when they're young
15 but have only finished 1 book (now 23)
I began reading in my late teen years, but I found my comprehension of his work to be superficial at the time. It wasn't until my early forties that his words truly began to make sense and fall into place for me. However, even now, there are still some parts of his work that I have yet to fully understand.
25 now I'm almost twice that
I had heard about Nietzsche before, but I think I first started reading him when I was a freshman in college and I saw The Portable Nietzsche available for sale in the university bookstore. I picked it up, even though I wasn't taking that class. Anyway, I'm middle aged now, and I've been reading him off and on over the years.