As a German, also mad, I often get asked what Nietzsche saw. Friedrich Nietzsche, the great nihilistic German philosopher. The answer is simple. He writes German with such clarity that I can safely assure you he is the smartest German writer having existed. That, and not his philosophical rants like „God is dead“ or „slave and master morality“, made him fascinating. Nietzsche overwhelmed everyone, from his school teachers to professors and friends. There is not a single person during his lifetime that did not find Nietzsche to be genius. That‘s it. That‘s the secret of Nietzsche. He is one in a hundred million.