Friedrich Nietzsche Research Paper
September 17, 2013
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche was a philosopher born in the small German village of Röcken bei Lützen, located in a farmland area southwest of Leipzig, Germany. Nietzsche was named after the Prussian King, Friedrich Wilhelm IV and was coincidentally born on the Kings birthday. According to www.britannica.com , when Nietzsche was 5 years old his father Karl Ludwig Nietzsche (1813–1849) died from a brain ailment , leaving Nietzsche to live with his mother Franziska Nietzsche (1826–1897) his grandmother (Erdmuthe) his two aunts (Auguste and Rosalie) and his younger sister Therese Elisabeth Alexandra (1846–1935). From the ages of 14 to 19 (1858–1864) Nietzsche attended boarding school; Schulpforta, where he prepared …show more content…
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philologist, philosopher, author, cultural critic, poet and composer. According to www.wikepedia.com, a few of the books Nietzsche has written are; Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Anti-Christ, The Gay Science, and The Birth of Tragedy. Nietzsche, was a composer as well with hundreds of compositions some including; Allegretto, for piano, Hoch tut euch auf, chorus, Presto, piano duet, and Mazurka, piano. Nietzsche was also an poet, couple of his works include; Parable Of The Madman, and Aftersong. This proves how Nietzsche was a genius, it takes so much talent, knowledge, and skill to be able to write books, poetry and compose music.
One of the many other achievements Nietzsche accomplished was his widely conversed theory: God is dead. www.britannica.com stated: the meaning of the phrase is often misinterpreted; many have inferred that Nietzsche believed in a literal death or end of God. Instead, the phrase points to the western world’s reliance on religion as a moral compass and source of meaning. A quote from his book The Gay Science (section 125, The Madman): “God is dead. God remains dead. And we …show more content…
In January 1889 Nietzsche suffered a mental breakdown in Turin, Italy. He was found in a street, weeping and embracing a horse. Nietzsche lived first in an asylum and then in his family 's care. During his disease Nietzsche was almost invariably gentle and pleasant, and in articulate in hours he engaged in conversation. Nietzsche spent his last decade in mental darkness and died in Weimar, Germany on August 25,
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche was a philosopher born in the small German village of Röcken bei Lützen, located in a farmland area southwest of Leipzig, Germany. Nietzsche was named after the Prussian King, Friedrich Wilhelm IV and was coincidentally born on the Kings birthday. According to www.britannica.com , when Nietzsche was 5 years old his father Karl Ludwig Nietzsche (1813–1849) died from a brain ailment , leaving Nietzsche to live with his mother Franziska Nietzsche (1826–1897) his grandmother (Erdmuthe) his two aunts (Auguste and Rosalie) and his younger sister Therese Elisabeth Alexandra (1846–1935). From the ages of 14 to 19 (1858–1864) Nietzsche attended boarding school; Schulpforta, where he prepared …show more content…
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philologist, philosopher, author, cultural critic, poet and composer. According to www.wikepedia.com, a few of the books Nietzsche has written are; Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Anti-Christ, The Gay Science, and The Birth of Tragedy. Nietzsche, was a composer as well with hundreds of compositions some including; Allegretto, for piano, Hoch tut euch auf, chorus, Presto, piano duet, and Mazurka, piano. Nietzsche was also an poet, couple of his works include; Parable Of The Madman, and Aftersong. This proves how Nietzsche was a genius, it takes so much talent, knowledge, and skill to be able to write books, poetry and compose music.
One of the many other achievements Nietzsche accomplished was his widely conversed theory: God is dead. www.britannica.com stated: the meaning of the phrase is often misinterpreted; many have inferred that Nietzsche believed in a literal death or end of God. Instead, the phrase points to the western world’s reliance on religion as a moral compass and source of meaning. A quote from his book The Gay Science (section 125, The Madman): “God is dead. God remains dead. And we …show more content…
In January 1889 Nietzsche suffered a mental breakdown in Turin, Italy. He was found in a street, weeping and embracing a horse. Nietzsche lived first in an asylum and then in his family 's care. During his disease Nietzsche was almost invariably gentle and pleasant, and in articulate in hours he engaged in conversation. Nietzsche spent his last decade in mental darkness and died in Weimar, Germany on August 25,