Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German writer of the late 19th century. His most notable works are the philosophical fiction Thus Spoke Zarathustra, published from 1883 to 1892 (4 parts), and the essays Beyond Good and Evil, published in 1886.

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• Lifetime: 15 October 1844 • 25 August 1900
• Main genre: Philosophy, essays
• Movement: Nietzscheanism; his ideas had a great influence on existentialism and continental philosophy
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"He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."