Friedrich Nietzsche

Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosopher with a Hammer · Philosopher · 1844–1900

The German philosopher who declared God dead, invented the Übermensch, and wrote the most electrifying prose in philosophy.

Explore the life of Nietzsche — five chapters

  1. The Little Pastor — A dead father, a house of women, and a professorship at twenty-four
  2. Wagner — A friendship, a first book, and a public break
  3. God Is Dead — A madman with a lantern, in daylight
  4. Where Morality Came From — Masters, slaves and resentment
  5. Turin, and What His Sister Did — Eleven silent years, and a forged philosophy

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Nietzsche: 'God is Dead' — ideas Nietzsche is tied to on the Living Knowledge Map. On Incandio you prove you understand one by teaching it to Ember, the AI pupil, in Teach the Room.

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