The essence of nihilism and the problem of the transformation of values in the philosophy of F. Nietzsche

This article raises the problem of the crisis of values, with which Europe collided in the XIX century. This work is aimed at analyzing the creative path of F. Nietzsche, his appearance as a philosopher and as a critic of European Christian culture. In addition, the text provides a parallel to the ideas of National Socialism and the legacy of the German thinker. All cultural and religious criticism is supported not only by quotations of the researcher, but also by the ideas of other representatives of the irrational construction of Western philosophy.