Full Name: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Born: 1844
Died: 1900
Hometown: Leipzig, Prussia
Fave Subjects: Art and Beauty, Power, Truth and Knowledge, How To Be Good, History, Music
Career Highlights:
- wrote books of philosophy an poetry, at a fast page (sometimes one per year)
- composed his own music
- one of the youngest philosophy professors ever
Big Question:
How can we avoid following the crowd and being like everyone else?
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