Marc Sautet - Nietzsche for Beginners

His father, Karl Ludwig (18131849), was also a pastor and tutor to the Duke of Saxonys daughters. His parish had been given to him by the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV himself. But, alas!... Was this trauma fatal?... He died a year later. The son, whom he had adored, was heartbroken.

From that moment on the young Nietzsche kept up a serious and dignified exterior, as if he had received a particularly lofty mission in life... 1854 The King of Prussia visited Naumburg, where Nietzsches family now lived. 1855 The Tsar of Russia had plans for conquering Constantinople, the upshot of which was the Crimean War. The Russians were besieged at Sebastopol by the French and the English, who came to the aid of the Turks. At college, Fritz developed a political consciousness. In October 1858 Fritz won a scholarship to Schulpforra, a school for the children of the lite, which had a total of 200 pupils.

The standard was high, and as for discipline... The young Nietzsche worked hard and got good results... ... after his school-leaving exams. It was the path chosen for him by his young, pretty and very religious mother, Franziska, an exceptionally strong-willed woman, and by his younger sister, Elisabeth, known as Lama.

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LANGE (18281875) SAW THINGS

Of course not! But I appreciate the great achievements of modern science. Did you know that Mayer, Joule, Thomson, Rankine and Clausius have just confirmed Carnots prediction of the thermal death of the universe? Did you know that Maxwell is succeeding in his work on th atomic structure of matter? Have you heard of Darwin? By referring to Kant! The relevance of science is beyond question. But the materialists want to reach an absolute truth through science. Now this truth is relative. It is subordinate to our scientific instruments and therefore to our SENSES. The fact is that scientific advances create the ILLUSION that men can become masters and owners of nature; because nothing then prevents certain people from taking all the wealth for themselves and others from taking their revenge.