Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] (listen) or [ˈniːtsʃə]; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person ever to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869 at the age of 24. Nietzsche resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life; he completed much of his core writing in the following decade. In 1889, at age 44, he suffered a collapse and afterward a complete loss of his mental faculties. He lived his remaining years in the care of his mother until her death in 1897 and then with his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. Nietzsche died in 1900. Nietzsche's writing spans philosophical polemics, poetry, cultural criticism, and fiction while displaying a fondness for aphorism and irony. Prominent elements of his philosophy include his radical critique of truth in favor of perspectivism; a genealogical critique of religion and Christian morality and related theory of master–slave morality; the aesthetic affirmation of life …
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Fridrikh Niṭshah, F. Nits︠h︡e, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Fridrikh Nitche, Frydrych Nicšė, ഫ്രീഡ്രിക്ക് നീച്ച, フリードリヒ・ニーチェ, Фридрих Ницше, نيتشه، فريدريك،, Frīdrīš Nītša, Фридрих Нитче, Frīdrīš Wīlhilm Nīča, Fridrikh Nitsʻchʻē, Phreiderikos Nitse, פרידריך וילהלם ניטצשע, ਫਰੈਦਰੀਕ ਨੀਤਜ਼ੇ, Ф. В Ницше, Bedřich Nietzsche, 프리드리히니체, Fu li de li xi Ni cai, Frīdirīš Nītšh, فریدریش نیچە, نيتشه، فريدريك, פרידריך וילהלם ניעטצשע, Fridrix Nitsşe, Fridrih Nicše, Fr Nicše, Frydrichas Nyčė, 尼采, Ni cai, Fridrikh Niettsshe, F.・W. ニーチェ, P'ŭridŭrihi Nich'e, Ֆրիդրիխ Նիցշե, ფრიდრიხ ნიცშე, Friedrich Nietzsche Wilhelm, فريدرخ نيتشه, פריעדריך ניעטצשע, פרידריך ניצי׳שה, フリードリッヒ ニーチェ, Ni-tsʻai, Vilhelms Nīče, Frīdrīš Nīča, Firīdrīk Nītshih, نيتشه، فريدريش فيلهيلم،, .. Nietzsche, Fridericus Nietzsche, Nietzsche, Friedrich Nietzsche, Frédéric Nietzsche, Phr Nitse, Federico G. Nietzsche, Ницше, פרידריך וילהלם ניטשע, Fulidelixi-Nicai, F Nit︠s︡he, F. Nietzsche, فريدريك نيتشه, Frīdrish Nītshah, F. Nitše, Fridrih Nitče, ফ্রিড্রিশ নিচে, Фридрих Вильгельм Ницше, Phrintrich Nitse, ניטשה, Фридрих Ниче, F. Niezsche, F. W. Nīche, Fryd Nietzsche, 弗里德里希 尼采, فريدريك نيتشه،, Fulidlixi Nicai, فریدریش نیچه, Fidirix Wilihlim Netzi, Fr Niṭshe, Nietztsche, Frideríkos Nítse, ኒሺ, Нитше, Frīdrīk Nītših, Frīdrihs Vilhelms Nīcše, F. Nicše, نىتسى, Niṭsheh, Niche, Fr Nietzsche, フリードリヒ・W. ニーチェ, פריעדריך ניטשע, Fryderyk Nietzsche, פרידריך ניצשע, פרידריך ניטשה, Nīche, フリードリヒ ニーチェ, Frederico Nietzsche, Freiderikou Nitse, Нитцше, Фрідріх Ніцше, Нитче, Фридрих Нитше, Frederic Nietzsche, פרידריך וילהלם ניטצשה, ניטשע פריעדריך, K̲apreṭarik Villiyam Nīṭṣē, Frīdriš Nītše, ฟรีดริช นีทเชอ, Frīdrihs Nīče, نطشے, Ф Ницше, פרידריך וילהלם ניטשה, Friedrich Nietszche, Friedrich Nicše, פרידריך ניטשע, Fridrihs Nīče, 弗里德里希·尼采, Friedrikh Niṭshe, Fridrihs Vilhelms Nīče, F. Nīche, 프리드리히 니체, Niichʻe, Vilhelms Frīdrihs Nīče, Fridrikh Nitt︠s︡she, Frīdrihs Vilhelms Nīče, Fridrih Niče, פרידריך וילהלם ניצ'שה, Furīdorihhi Viruherumu Nīche, Friedrich G. Nietzsche, F. Nit︠s︡he, نيتشه، فريدرخ،, Nīṭjhśe, 尼采弗里德里希, Fridrix Nic'še, Federico Nietzche, فرېدرېک وېلهېلم نېتشي, பிரீட்ரிக் நீட்சே, Frīdriš Nītših, फ्रीडरिक नित्ची, ニイチェ, Fridirīk Nīča, Frīdrėks Nīčė, Fridrikh Nit︠s︡she, Friedrich Nietzche, Φρειδερικος Νιτσε, Fridrich Nitcše, Фрыдрых Вільгельм Ніцшэ, فريدريش نيتشه،, Фр Ницше, Fridrih Wilhelm Niče, Nietzsche Friedrich, Fridericus N, פרידריך וילהלם ניצ'ה, Friedrich W. Nietzsche, フリ-ドリッヒ ヴィルヘルム ニーチェ, Nitsi, Furīdorihi Nīche, Firidrik Nitshih, Kapreṭarik Villiyam Nīṭsē, פרידריך ניצ'ה, Фрыдрых Ніцшэ, フリードリッヒ・ヴィルヘルム ニーチェ, Fridrich Nicše, Federico Nietzsche, Nicai, Φρειδερίκος Νίτσε, Phreideriku Nitse, Frîdrîk Nîtşe, ニーチェ, Freiderikos Nitse, Phrēntrich Nitse, Fridrish Nitshah, Fridirch Niče, Friederich Nietzsche, Frederich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Nicše, Friedrich Nietsche, Nietche, פרידריך ניצשה, にいちえ, फ्रेडरिक नीत्शे - Born:
- Oct. 15, 1844
- Died:
- Aug. 25, 1900
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] (listen) or [ˈniːtsʃə]; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, writer, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person ever to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869 at the age of 24. Nietzsche resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life; he completed much of his core writing in the following decade. In 1889, at age 44, he suffered a collapse and afterward a complete loss of his mental faculties. He lived his remaining years in the care of his mother until her death in 1897 and then with his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche. Nietzsche died in 1900. Nietzsche's writing spans philosophical polemics, poetry, cultural criticism, and fiction while displaying a fondness for aphorism and irony. Prominent elements of his philosophy include his radical critique of truth in favor of perspectivism; a genealogical critique of religion and Christian morality and related theory of master–slave morality; the aesthetic affirmation of life in response to both the "death of God" and the profound crisis of nihilism; the notion of Apollonian and Dionysian forces; and a characterization of the human subject as the expression of competing wills, collectively understood as the will to power. He also developed influential concepts such as the Übermensch and the doctrine of eternal return. In his later work, he became increasingly preoccupied with the creative powers of the individual to overcome cultural and moral mores in pursuit of new values and aesthetic health. His body of work touched a wide range of topics, including art, philology, history, religion, tragedy, culture, and science, and drew inspiration from figures such as Socrates, Zoroaster, Arthur Schopenhauer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Wagner and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. After his death, his sister Elisabeth became the curator and editor of Nietzsche's manuscripts. She edited his unpublished writings to fit her German ultranationalist ideology while often contradicting or obfuscating Nietzsche's stated opinions, which were explicitly opposed to antisemitism and nationalism. Through her published editions, Nietzsche's work became associated with fascism and Nazism; 20th-century scholars contested this interpretation, and corrected editions of his writings were soon made available. Nietzsche's thought enjoyed renewed popularity in the 1960s and his ideas have since had a profound impact on 20th and early-21st century thinkers across philosophy—especially in schools of continental philosophy such as existentialism, postmodernism and post-structuralism—as well as art, literature, psychology, politics, and popular culture.
