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Four separately published essays on German culture, education, history, philosophy, and Wagner.

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David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer
Book 1 · essay · 1873

Nietzsche harbored a fevered yearning to call false prophets to book and to reduce their fine axioms to absurdity. Accordingly, he planned a series of twenty-four pamphlets and decided to call them Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen [Untimely…
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On the Use and Disadvantage of History for Life
Book 2 · essay · 1874
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Schopenhauer as Educator
Book 3 · essay · 1874

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher. His writing included critiques of religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive style and displaying a fondness for aphorism.…
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Richard Wagner in Bayreuth
Book 4 · essay · 1876