FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Classic Literary
Author / Philosopher Biography
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900)
 Friedrich
Nietzsche was born in the Prussian province of Saxony
to a Lutheran pastor and former teacher. His father was to
die when Nietzsche was around 5 years old,
which was to leave an impact on the young Nietzsche’s
life, and for a time he went to follow in his father’s
footsteps studying theology.
Whilst at University, Nietzsche
came across Arthur Schopenhauer, whose existential
work was to change Nietzsche’s mode
of thinking forever.
In 1867 Friedrich Nietzsche
signed up for service with the Prussian artillery division,
but after a riding-accident and losing the strength from his
upper body, he was declared unfit for service, and turned
once more to his studies.
In 1868 he met Richard Wagner
and his wife Cosima, and for some time, they remained great
friends, but he was to later fall out with Wagner,
and loathed Wagner’s anti-semitic ideology.
Nietzsche was a frequent
traveller, partly due to his bad health. He spent many summers
in Sils Maria, Switzerland, walking along mountains during
the morning, and writing by the afternoon.
In 1882 he was to meet Lou Salome,
with whom he had proposed marriage, but she refused, and the
difficult times afterwards led to the writing of Thus
Spoke Zarathustra – in its day, only around
40 copies of the book were sold.
At the start of 1889, Nietzsche
suffered a mental breakdown – it is said he witnessed
the whipping of a horse and ran out into the street to protect
it before collapsing to the ground. By 1900, and after suffering
bouts of insanity, Nietzsche died from pneumonia.
After his death his sister Elisabeth manipulated his work,
and a copy was presented to Adolf Hitler, however Nietzsche’s
writings clearly state his loathing of anti-semitism and he
spoke against German Nationalism, and the twisting of his
philosophy left a completely undeserved stigma amongst those
not familiar with his writings.
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