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Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

In Our Time: Philosophy

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What Distinguished Nietzsche at an Early Age?

Nietzsche was born in 1844 in Saxony of the province of Prussia. His family, his father and his grandfather were both Lutheran ministers. They had connections with the royal court and the government. He went to a very reputable boarding school which he acquired a great facility with languages. That led him to an interest in what's called philology - study of language with a particular view to engaging in textual criticism.

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