Wikipedia: Friedrich Nietzsche

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Nietzsche is famous as a precursor of existentialism; his rejection of what he calls "slave morality" or altruism; his vigorous attacks on Christianity; his embrace of a sort of irrationalism?; and something he called TheWillToPower.

Nietzsche is famous as a precursor of existentialism; his rejection of what he calls "slave morality" or altruism; his vigorous attacks on Christianity; his origination of the Übermensch? concept (translated as "Overman" or "Superman"); his embrace of a sort of irrationalism?; and something he called "the Will to Power", possibly best regarded as an early attempt at psychology.

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* Der Wille zur Macht, 1901 (The Will to Power, a collection of notes from various notebooks, not intended for publication)
* Ecce Homo, 1908 (Behold the Man, an attempt at autobiography. The title refers to Pontious Pilat's statement upon meeting Jesus of Nazareth)

* Der Wille zur Macht, 1901 (The Will to Power, a highly selective collection of notes from various notebooks, not intended for publication by Neiztsche himself, but released by his sister)
* Ecce Homo, 1908 (Behold the Man, an attempt at autobiography; the title refers to Pontius Pilate's statement upon meeting Jesus of Nazareth)

The character of Superman has sometimes been said to be a popularization of Nietszche's concept of the [[Übermensch]].

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a famous and influential German philosopher.

Works:

Die Geburt der Tragödie, 1872 (The Birth of Tragedy)
Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen, 1876 (Untimely Meditations)
Menschliches, Allzumenschliches, 1878 (Human, All Too Human)
Morgenröte, 1881 (Daybreak, or The Dawn)
Die fröhliche Wissenschaft, 1882 (The Joyful Science)
Also sprach Zarathustra, 1885 (Thus Spake Zarathustra)
Jenseits von Gut und Böse, 1886 (Beyond Good and Evil)
Zur Genealogie der Moral, 1887 (On the Genealogy of Morals)
Der Fall Wagner, 1888 (The Case of Wagner)
Götzen-Dämmerung, 1889 (The Twilight of the Idols)
Der Antichrist, 1895 (The Antichrist)
Nietzsche contra Wagner, 1895 (Nietzsche vs. Wagner)
Der Wille zur Macht, 1901 (The Will to Power, a highly selective collection of notes from various notebooks, not intended for publication by Neiztsche himself, but released by his sister)
Ecce Homo, 1908 (Behold the Man, an attempt at autobiography; the title refers to Pontius Pilate's statement upon meeting Jesus of Nazareth)

The character of Superman has sometimes been said to be a popularization of Nietszche's concept of the [[Übermensch]].