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Friedrich Nietzsche
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A presentation by Jill Hammelbacher
2013
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Childhood
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Born in 1844 in Germany
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Strongly Lutheran family
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Father died at age five (1849)
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Lived with mother, aunt, grandmother and all female cousins
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Attended prestigious boarding school
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First attended University of Bonn, but transferred to the
University of Leipzig
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Connections in Early Adult Life
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Became friends with composers Richard Wagner and Erwin
Rohde
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Interested in philosophical works of Arthur Schopenhauer
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Ritschl, who nominated Nietzsche for professorship
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Conducted a small literature and musical group, and traveled
around Germany
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Later Years
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Began working at the University of Basel at age 24
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Worked in the military until forced to leave the army for
medical reasons
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After his resignation in 1870, Nietzsche lost contact with most
people, except his sister who took care of him.
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Physical and Mental Decline
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After Nietzsche’s discharge from the army, he dealt with
severe health issues, forcing his resignation from
professorship
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While producing most of his writings, Nietzsche was in
tremendous pain and nearly half blind
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Toward the end of his life, Nietzsche witnessed a horse being
beaten and he suffered an extreme mental breakdown from
which he never recovered
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Book Summaries: Beyond Good and
Evil
“What is done out of love, always takes
place beyond good and evil.” - Nietzsche
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The core belief that everything in the world is constantly
changing, except words
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Finding a pure truth is nearly impossible; rather finding
truths in different perspectives
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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4363/4363-h/4363-h.htm
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The above is a link to the full work Beyond Good and Evil
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Book Summaries: The Anti-Christ
“What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man,
the will to power, power itself.
What is bad? All that is born of weakness.
What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that
resistance is overcome.”
- Nietzsche
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19322/19322-h/19322-h.htm
The above is a link to the entire work The Anti-Christ
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Important Beliefs
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Nihilism: rejection of religious beliefs and morals
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Realism: the practice of accepting a situation as it is and dealing
with it accordingly
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All humans were born with an artistic sense
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Formulated the idea of the Übermensch (superman), who can rise
above the restrictions of ordinary morality. This man is not above
society, but rather, his own restrictions and limitations.
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Important Works
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Beyond Good and Evil
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The Will to Power
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Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra)
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Human, All Too Human
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Unfashionable Observations
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The Birth of Tragedy
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Quotes Page
“A casual stroll through the lunatic
asylum shows that faith does not
prove anything.”
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he
himself does not become a monster. And when you
gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into
you.”
“Faith: not wanting to know what is true.”
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties,
nations and epochs, it is the rule. “
“The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally
well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.”
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Nietzsche - Human, All Too
Human (Full BBC Documentary)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EGOwduWVKA&feature
=related
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The video above goes through Nietzsche’s life story, as well
as his works
Friedrich Nietzsche and his famous mustache (2)
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Works Cited
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(1) Friedrich Nietzsche Biography. 2012. Photograph. Encyclopedia of World Biography
Web. 22 Apr 2012. <www.notablebiographies.com>.
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(2) Image Asset Management Ltd. Friedrich Nietzsche. 2012. Photograph. SuperStockWeb.
22 Apr 2012. <www.superstock.com/>.
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. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr 2012. www.brainyquote.com/
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Wicks, Robert. “Friedrick Nietzsche.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2011): n. pag.
Web. 7 March 2012
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Mangus, Bernard. “Friedrick Nietzsche Biography.” (1994): n. page. Web. 7 Mar. 2012
http://www.biography.com/
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European Graduate School. “Friedrick Nietzsche – Biography- German Philosopher.”
(2012): n. page. Web 13 March 2012
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Age of Sage “Friedrich Nietzsche Biography.” (2010): n. page. Web. 13 March 2012