Philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

Genealogist of values — University of Basel (1844-1900)

University of Basel (1869-1879) · Germany · d. 15 October 1844 — 25 August 1900

The philosopher who treated morality not as a fact of nature but as an institution with a history. His genealogical method and the concepts of ressentiment and the will to power set the direction of twentieth-century thought.

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Life: 15 October 1844 — 25 August 1900
Country: Germany
Period: 19th century
School: Lebensphilosophie, Perspectivism
Affiliation: University of Basel (1869-1879)
Areas: Moral philosophy, Cultural criticism, Aesthetics, Philosophy of religion, Philology
Major works: The Birth of Tragedy (1872)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883-1885)
Beyond Good and Evil (1886)
On the Genealogy of Morality (1887)
Twilight of the Idols (1889)
Key concepts: Genealogy, Ressentiment, Master and slave morality, Will to power, Eternal recurrence, Nihilism, Perspectivism
Influenced by: Schopenhauer, Heraclitus, Wagner (later a break), Greek tragedy
Influenced: Heidegger, Foucault, Deleuze, Adorno, Derrida, Bernard Williams

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