Ok, so I have heard one can get a little paranoid by reading his work... Has anyone here read his work, and what do you think is the proper age to start reading it? Does he talk mainly bullshit or?

i have read zarathustra but my friend who has a degree in philosophy recommends starting with beyond good and evil or even some papers he wrote.. nietzche not my friend wrote lol.. anyways its definately heady material no matter what age you start readin him you will be going back and gettin more from it as you grow and your life changes... anyways thats my humble opinion.

ive never read any of his works

just start reading some of it, and if its too much for you, put it on a bookshelf and save it for later

Ok thanks.. I guess this was the kind of answer I was looking for

whenever you feel mature enough to do so , his work is very compelling and can and is likely to change your mindset

You have to read philosophy with an open mind. You should be able to relate to almost everything that he says, and understand where he gets the ideas from, even if you don't agree with it. It's also best to read other philosophers because they really do have a lot of views over the same stuff that all make a lot of sense, so you don't just get convinced by one man. Jean-Paul Sartre is my favorite philosopher =-x

A good book to read before reading nietzsche work is > " When Nietzsche cried"

Good book, where u can understand mainly all ideas from his mind and then, understand better all his work.

Any age as long as they understand?

thanks for all replies
@lifesong, it's not about understanding or not, it's about how mature one is, so that as stated above you can read it with an open mind..