Nietzsche (1844-1900)

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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 in skirts at Lutzen, † August 25, 1900 in Weimar) was a German philosopher, poet and classical scholar. At the age of 24, Nietzsche was a professor of classical philology in Basel. Ten years later, he presented because of illnesses, which accompanied him throughout his life, down the chair. From now on, he traveled as a homeless and still relatively unknown author between France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. When he was 44 years old, broke out a severe mental illness. The last eleven years of his life Nietzsche in the care of his mother and his sister. Only this time his writings gained greater resonance.

The young Nietzsche felt connected to the philosophy of Schopenhauer. Later, he wanted to overcome Schopenhauer's pessimism, and represented a radical affirmation of life at the center of his philosophy.

His work includes in-depth critiques of morality, religion, philosophy, science, and art forms. The present, he is often perceived as lebensschwach contrasted ancient Greece. A recurrent target of Nietzsche's attack is especially Christian morality and the Christian and Platonic metaphysics. He put the value of truth at all in question, and thus became a pioneer of modern and postmodern philosophical approaches. Nietzsche's concepts, such as the "superman", the "will to power" or the "eternal return" to give rise to interpretations and to this day discussions.