> Nietzsche never used a word of jargon. He made a large number of extremely direct claims. "God is dead" is hardly content-free, is it? “God is dead.” is a cl

> Nietzsche never used a word of jargon. He made a large number of extremely direct claims. "God is dead" is hardly content-free, is it? “God is dead.” is a claim whose exact meaning, like so many things said or written by Nietzsche, has been debated for centuries now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_dead#Discussion_by_Hegel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_dead#Discussion_by_Hege... As you can clearly see there are quite a few different interpretations as to the meaning thereof. > As for pandering to his audience for instant success, he mocked every piety that existed in Wilhelmine Germany, alienated most of his friends, and went mad. Then those were simply not his audience.