Friedrich Nietzsche

When was Nietzsche born?

• October 10, 1844

• September 10, 18445

• October 15, 1844

• September 15, 1844

What did he study?

• History

• Linguistics

• philology

• Literature

What influenced his first major works?

• Events of his young life.

• His Classical education at Schulpforta.

• Nietzsche’s intense association with Wagner

• philosophy of Schopenhauer

According to Nietzsche:

________ was the salvation of men...

How would you explain The Eternal Recurrence of the Same?

Did Nietzsche consider perspective a positive thing?

• Yes, he said that the operation of perspective makes a positive contribution to our cognitive endeavors

• No, it is just a subjective point of view

• Yes, because it is ok to have different points of view.

• No, he didn't think that past philosophers had largely ignored the influence of their own perspectives on their work.

Which were the main ideas of "Twilight of the Idols"?

• The "idols" or ideals of the past are obsolete.

• An individual who strives to exist beyond conventional categories of good and evil, master and slave.

• To fully demolish idols like truth and goodness that plague the history of thinking.

What did he mean when he said "God is dead"?

Who did he had an influence on?

• Martin Heidegger

• Michel Foucault

• Sigmund Freud

• Richard Wagner