[Home]History of 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]].

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