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Friedrich_Nietzsche - Untimely_Meditations_(Cambridge_Texts_in_the_History_of_Philosophy__1997)

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Chronology15 October 1844July 1849October 1858October 1864October 18658 November 1868Spr<strong>in</strong>g 1869April 1870May 1870.<strong>Friedrich</strong> Wilhelm <strong>Nietzsche</strong> born, <strong>in</strong><strong>the</strong> village <strong>of</strong> Rocken, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prussianprov<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> Saxony, near LeipzigDeath <strong>of</strong> his fa<strong>the</strong>r, a Lu<strong>the</strong>ran pastorEnters <strong>the</strong> famous board<strong>in</strong>g-school atPfortaFollow<strong>in</strong>g his graduation, enrolls <strong>in</strong><strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Bonn as a student <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong>ologyTransfers to <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Leipzigas a student <strong>of</strong> classical philology; byaccident discovers Schopenhauer'sWorld as Will and Representation, whichaffects him pr<strong>of</strong>oundlyMeets Richard Wagner (aged 55) at aprivate party <strong>in</strong> Leipzig. They discussSchopenhauer, and Wagner <strong>in</strong>vites<strong>Nietzsche</strong> to visit him at Tribschen, hishome <strong>in</strong> SwitzerlandAppo<strong>in</strong>ted Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> ClassicalPhilology at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> BaselPromoted to Full Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> ClassicalPhilology at BaselShort pamphlet, A Contribution Towards<strong>the</strong> Study and Critique <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sources <strong>of</strong>Diogenes Laertius, is privately pr<strong>in</strong>tedand distributed <strong>in</strong> honour <strong>of</strong> acolleague'S retirementxxxv

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