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The German philosopher, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche‘s work centered around the question of attitudes on society’s systems of morality. Born in Röcken in the then Prussian province of Saxony on October 15, 1844, Nietzsche attended the internationally-recognized Schulpforta from 1858 to 1864. There, he received an important introduction to ancient Roman and Greek literature and continued his education in theology after graduating in 1864. Soon, Nietzsche dropped his studies in theology for the more stimulating study of philology. After a bad riding accident in the March of 1868, Nietzsche was forced to abandon his plans to join the Prussian artillery division in Naumburg and was offered a remarkable position as professor of classical philology at the University of Basel. His contracted illnesses during the Franco-Prussian war and complications from the riding accident led Nietzsche to many different climates. He spent many summers in Sils Maria, in Switzerland, and many winters in Italy, and the French city of Nice. His attempts to find a wife failed but he continued to work. Some of his most famous writings include The Birth of Tragedy (1872), Human, All-Too-Human (1878), and Beyond Good and Evil in (1886). On January 3, 1889 Nietzsche suffered a mental breakdown and was taken to a psychiatric clinic in Basil. Although some have attributed Nietzsche’s mental collapse to syphilitic infection, his symptoms did not coincide with that theory. His sister Elisabeth took care of him from January of 1889 until his death on August 25, 1900. He was buried beside his father at the church in Röcken.

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