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Nietzsche's Life and Writings
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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philologist and philosopher who became well known for his iconoclastic style, aphoristic writings, and harsh critique of religion and contemporary ideas about morality. Nietzsche's sister, a virulent anti-semite, ended up with control over his papers after he died and she worked to ensure that his legacy would be used to support anti-semitic politics and the Nazi regime, albeit in an edited form.
- Events in the life of Nietzsche or his family
- Nietzsche's writings
| Nietzsche's Life and Writings | |
| October 15, 1844 | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born to Karl Ludwig Nietzsche and Franziska Nietzsche. |
| July 10, 1846 | Elisabeth Nietzsche, Friedrich's sister, was born. |
| July 30, 1849 | Karl Ludwig Nietzsche, Friedrich's father, died. |
| October, 1867 | Nietzsche enlisted in an artillery regiment stationed in Naumburg. |
| April, 1868 | Nietzsche was promoted to the rank of lance-corporal. |
| October, 1868 | Nietzsche was discharged from the army. |
| January, 1869 | Nietzsche was appointed to a positions as professor at Basel University. |
| April, 1869 | Nietzsche became a Swiss citizen and settles in Basel, where he continues was to teach for as long as his health allowed. |
| May, 1869 | Nietzsche met for the first time with Richard Wagner at Tribschen. Nietzsche also spent his first weekend and Christmas at Tribschen later this year. |
| January, 1871 | Nietzsche applied for the position of chair of philosophy at Basel. |
| November, 1871 | Nietzsche published The Birth of Tragedy. |
| April, 1873 | Nietzsche published an essay on David Strauss, "Untimely Meditations I". |
| May, 1873 | Nietzsche began to experience eye problems and so gave his lectures without notes. |
| July, 1873 | Nietzsche dictated "On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense". |
| November, 1873 | Nietzsche published an essay on history, "Untimely Meditations II". |
| March-September, 1874 | Worked on "Schopenhauer as Educator" (Untimely Meditations III). |
| March, 1875 | Nietzsche wrote his essay "We Philologists". |
| December, 1875 | On Christmas day, Nietzsche collapsed. |
| February, 1876 | Due to health problems, Nietzsche stopped teaching at the university. |
| April, 1876 | Nietzsche visited Geneva and there proposes to Mathilde Trampedach. He also finished work on his essay about Wagner (Untimely Meditation IV) |
| August, 1876 | Nietzsche began work on Human, All Too Human. |
| November, 1876 | Nietzsche had his final meeting with Wagner in Sorrento. |
| September, 1877 | He returned to Basel to finish Human, All Too Human. |
| August-September, 1878 | Nietzsche fell ill during this period and Wagner attacked him in the Bayreuther Blaetter. |
| December, 1878 | The second part of Human, All Too Human ("Mixed Opinions and Maxims") was published. |
| January - May, 1879 | Nietzsche's illness worsened and he resigned permanently from the university |
| December, 1879 | The third part of Human, All Too Human ("The Wanderer and his Shadow") was published. |
| January-November, 1880 | Nietzsche worked on The Dawn, dictating it to Peter Gast. |
| August, 1881 | Nietzsche got the initial ideas for his book Zarathustra and developed the concept of the eternal return. Material originally intended for The Dawn was worked into The Gay Science. |
| February, 1882 | The first three books of The Gay Science were finished. |
| March, 1882 | A draft of the fourth book of The Gay Science was completed. |
| August, 1882 | The Gay Science was published. |
| January, 1883 | Book 1 of Also Sprach Zarathustra was written. |
| January, 1884 | Book 2 of The Gay Science was finished. Nietzsche experienced a breach with his sister Elisabeth. |
| May, 1885 | Elisabeth married Bernhard Foerster, a professional anti-semite. |
| June, 1885 | Nietzsche began the book Beyond Good and Evil. |
| August, 1886 | Beyond Good and Evil was published. |
| October, 1886 | Nietzsche worked on the 5th book of The Gay Science. |
| November, 1887 | Genealogy of Morals was published. |
| April, 1888 | Nietzsche moved to Turin, Italy. |
| May, 1888 | Begins worked on the book The Case of Wagner. |
| September, 1888 | The Case of Wagner was completed and Nietzsche began to write The Antichrist. |
| October, 1888 | Nietzsche celebrated his 44th Birthday and began to write Ecce Homo. |
| January, 1889 | Nietzsche collapsed in the street in Turin. His friend, Overbeck, came to Turin to escort Nietzsche back to Basel, where he underwent treatment. |
| June, 1889 | Bernhard Foerster, Elisabeth's husband, committed suicide. |
| September, 1893 | His sister Elisabeth returned from Paraguay and began work on the Nietzsche Archive. |
| December, 1895 | Nietzsche's mother signed a document surrendering all rights to her son's work, allowing Elisabeth Nietzsche to gain complete control over her brother's writings. She proceeded to conceal those writings which she disapproved of and emphasized those which appeared to have a more fascist and / or anti-semitic perspective. |
| August 25, 1900 | Nietzsche died. |
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