PHI 3377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Philology, Friedrich Nietzsche, Catatonia
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Born in 1844; lutheran upbringing; very strong religious sensibility, yet still a critic of. Christianity; observe the significance of the death of god (huge impact on knowledge, morality, etc. ) To be atheist would mean to be unshaken by the death of god. The believers are those who would be largely impacted by this event. Very solitary character; paranoid about succumbing to illness; became mad; catatonic for the last several years of his life. 1864 accepted at the university of bonn. Studying philology (the study of the greek language, culture, and texts) These studies would later affected his critique of modern systems of morality. Transferred in leipzig where he studied classical philology; outstanding student. 1868 offered a professorship at the university of basel (at the age of 24) 1872 published the birth of tragedy" thesis that greek tragedy is derived from the comparison between apollonian and dionysian themes.