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Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
1844 - Born on the 15th of October.
1854 - He began to attend the Domgymnasium in Naumburg.
1864 - Nietzsche commenced studies in theology and classical philology at the University of Bonn.
1865 - Nietzsche became acquainted with the work of Arthur Schopenhauer.
1866 - He read Friedrich Albert Lange's Geschichte des Materialismus.
1867 - Nietzsche signed up for one year of voluntary service with the Prussian artillery division in Naumburg.
1870-1871 - He served on the Prussian side during the Franco-Prussian War.
1872 - Nietzsche published his first book, The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music.
1873-1876 - Nietzsche published separately four long essays: David Strauss: the Confessor and the Writer, On the Use and Abuse of History for Life, Schopenhauer as Educator, and Richard Wagner in Bayreuth.
1882 - Nietzsche published the first part of The Gay Science.
1885 - He printed only 40 copies of the fourth part of Zarathustra, and distributed only a fraction of these among close friends, including Helene von Druskowitz.
1886 - Nietzsche broke with his editor, Ernst Schmeitzner, disgusted over his anti-Semitic opinions.
1887 - Nietzsche quickly wrote the polemic On the Genealogy of Morality.
1889 - On the 3rd of January, Nietzsche exhibited signs of a serious mental illness.
1900 - On the 25th of August, Nietzsche died after contracting pneumonia.
1854 - He began to attend the Domgymnasium in Naumburg.
1864 - Nietzsche commenced studies in theology and classical philology at the University of Bonn.
1865 - Nietzsche became acquainted with the work of Arthur Schopenhauer.
1866 - He read Friedrich Albert Lange's Geschichte des Materialismus.
1867 - Nietzsche signed up for one year of voluntary service with the Prussian artillery division in Naumburg.
1870-1871 - He served on the Prussian side during the Franco-Prussian War.
1872 - Nietzsche published his first book, The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music.
1873-1876 - Nietzsche published separately four long essays: David Strauss: the Confessor and the Writer, On the Use and Abuse of History for Life, Schopenhauer as Educator, and Richard Wagner in Bayreuth.
1882 - Nietzsche published the first part of The Gay Science.
1885 - He printed only 40 copies of the fourth part of Zarathustra, and distributed only a fraction of these among close friends, including Helene von Druskowitz.
1886 - Nietzsche broke with his editor, Ernst Schmeitzner, disgusted over his anti-Semitic opinions.
1887 - Nietzsche quickly wrote the polemic On the Genealogy of Morality.
1889 - On the 3rd of January, Nietzsche exhibited signs of a serious mental illness.
1900 - On the 25th of August, Nietzsche died after contracting pneumonia.
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- "I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance."
- "Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?"
- "He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."
- "The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time."
- "Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, political parties, nations, and eras it's the rule."
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