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Name:
Friedrich Nietzsche
Dates:
Born: October 15, 1844, in Rocken, Prussia
Died: August 25, 1900 in Weimar, Germany
Biography:
Friedrich Nietzsche 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.
Major Works:
The Birth of Tragedy (1872)
Untimely Meditations (1873-1876)
Human, All Too Human (1878Ð1879)
The Dawn (1880)
The Gay Science (1882Ð1886)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883Ð1885)
Beyond Good and Evil (1886)
The Genealogy of Morals (1887)
The Wagner Case (1888)
Twilight of the Idols (1888)
The Antichrist (1888)
Ecce Homo (1888)
The Will To Power (1888)
Also Known As: none
Alternate Spellings: none
Common Misspellings: none
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