The Life and Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

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The Life and Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

• Presentation by Joshua Armstrong

A drawing of Nietzsche by Rudolf Steiner
A photograph of Friedrich Nietzsche
A portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by Edvard Munch
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Friedrich Nietzsche-Biography

• Born on October 15, 1844 in Röcken, a small town
  near Leipzig
• His father died when he was young
• Went to college and was well educated
• He was sick as a child, and had migraines and was
  almost blind at times
• On January 3, 1889, he started turning insane
• Died on August 25, 1900 after catching pneumonia
  in Weimar, a city in Thüringen

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Friedrich Nietzsche-Works

• Ecce Homo
• The Antichrist
• Human, All Too Human
• The Birth of Tragedy
• The Gay Science
• The Case of Wagner
• Beyond Good and Evil
• Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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About His Works

• Nietzsche was a primarily a philosopher, but he
  also wrote many books and essays on his thoughts.
  One of his most controversial books was The
  Antichrist, which was against Christianity, in
  which Nietzsche called it the one immortal
  blemish upon the human race. Some of his books
  such as The Gay Science had poetry, and yet
  others criticized public figures such as Richard
  Wagner, his former friend. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
  is about Zoroaster, a prophet and the creator of
  Zoroastrianism. Ecce Homo was his autobiography.

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The Gay Science
Ecce Homo
The Antichrist
Beyond Good and Evil
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Human, All Too Human
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Friedrich Nietzsche-Ideas

• He believed there were two mentalitiesthe slave
  mentality and the master mentality
• You should do what you want to, not someone else
• That which does not kill us makes us stronger
• Nietzsche's view of psychology was used by
  Sigmund Freud in his theories
• His view of German culture at that point was that
  it was dull and not sophisticated

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Friedrich Nietzsche-Public Opinion

• Nazis sometimes used parts of his books to show
  their ideas, although Nietzsche was not a Nazi or
  anti-Semitic
• Most Americans and Brits never read his work
  until about 1950
• Some people do not like him because of his
  portrayals of Christianity
• His sister arranged a book out of his notes,
  which was is not considered to contain his true
  beliefs

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Why I Chose Friedrich Nietzsche

• He was a philosopher, and I find philosophy very
  interesting
• He is a famous person, and that means that there
  is a wide supply of research on them
• There is controversy around some of his works
• He was born in Germany, and lived in
  German-speaking countries his entire life
• I will probably have to read one of his books at
  some point in my life

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Works Cited

• www.wikipedia.com
• www.anthroposophie.net
• history.berkeley.edu
• www.jimpoz.com
• perso.orange.fr
• images.amazon.com
• www.geocities.com
• www.diesel-ebooks.com
• www.walmart.com