Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1844 – 1900 ·
German philosopher (1844-1900)
1844 – 1900 ·
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche [1][2] was a German philosopher and writer born on 15 October 1844 and died on 25 August 1900 [1]. He began his academic life as a classical philologist, having studied philology and Protestant theology [10], and went on to earn a doctorate before attaining the rank of full professor [8]. Remarkably, at the age of 24 he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel in 1869 [1][9], making him one of the youngest scholars to hold such a position there.
Persistent health problems troubled Nietzsche for much of his life, ultimately compelling him to resign from the University of Basel in 1879 [1]. Following his departure from academic employment, he devoted himself to independent philosophical writing [1][12]. His body of work is documented in a dedicated bibliography [12], reflecting the breadth of his output across both his academic and post-academic years. He later became one of the most widely discussed and influential figures in the Western philosophical tradition, though the evidence provided here concerns primarily the biographical and institutional aspects of his life and career.
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