Friedrich Nietzsche

(1844-1900)

German philosopher

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist, turning to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, Nietzsche became the youngest professor to hold the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel. Plagued by health problems for most of his life, he resigned from the university in 1879, and in the following decade he completed much of his core writing. In 1889, aged 44, he suffered a collapse and thereafter a complete loss of his mental faculties, with paralysis and vascular dementia. He lived his remaining 11 years under the care of his family until his death. His works and his philosophy have fostered not only extensive scholarship but also much popular interest.

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Born	Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 15 October 1844 Rocken, Saxony, Germany
Died	25 August 1900 (aged 55) Weimar, Germany
Zodiac	Libra
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Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche · Brother · 1846-1935 · Sister of Friedrich Nietzsche edit info

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