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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (nētsh’ė). A German writer; born in Rochen, Oct. 15, 1844; died at Weimar, Aug. 25, 1900. His writings have attracted a great deal of attention owing to their extreme character. His principal works include: ‘The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music’ (1872); ‘Thus Spake Zarathustra’ (1883–4); ‘Beyond Good and Evil’ (1886); ‘The Genealogy of Ethics’ (1887); ‘The Will to Power’ (1901). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).