This document provides biographical information about Friedrich Nietzsche and summarizes the first chapter of a book about his philosophy. It notes that Nietzsche was a German philosopher born in 1844 who was influential but an atheist who criticized traditional European morality. The chapter aims to understand Nietzsche's philosophical background and influences, including his Lutheran upbringing, influences from Schopenhauer and Darwin, and his growth as a philosopher developing ideas like the will to power. It provides details on various personal and intellectual influences on Nietzsche and his philosophical development.

1. OF
WILL TO POWER

2. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
• BIRTH - 15 OCTOBER 1844, GERMANY.
• DEATH - 25 AUGUST 1900.
• IMP WRITINGS - HUMAN ALL TOO HUMAN (1878), GAY SCIENCE (1882), THUS SPOKE
ZARATHUSTRA (1883), THE TWILIGHT OF IDOLS (1889), HE ANTICHRIST (1895).
• ATHEIST. FAMOUS FOR HIS CRITICISMS OF TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN MORAL COMMITMENTS,
TOGETHER WITH THEIR FOUNDATIONS IN CHRISTIANITY.
• NIETZSCHE AIMS AT FREEING HIGHER HUMAN BEINGS FROM THEIR FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT
MORALITY.

4. CHAPTER ONE.
NIETZSCHE AS A
PHILOSOPHER

5. AIMS OF THE CHAPTER
• TO UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND OF NIETZSCHE.
• TO UNDERSTAND THE FACTORS AND PERSONS WHO INFLUENCED NIETZSCHE.
• TO UNDERSTAND NIETZSCHE’S GROWTH AS A PHILOSOPHER.

6. 1.1 INFLUENCES.
• 1.1.1. FAMILY INFLUENCE.
• 1.1.2. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE.
• 1.1.3 PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCE.
• 1.1.3.1 ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER.
• 1.1.3.2 RICHARD WAGNER.
• 1.1.3.3 CHARLES DARWIN.
• 1.1.4 ARTISTIC INFLUENCE.

7. 1.1.1. FAMILY INFLUENCE.
• LUTHERAN HOUSEHOLD.
• SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS CHILDHOOD WITH FIVE WOMEN.
• TWO TYPES OF RELIGIOUS FAITH.
• HIS PHILOSOPHY HAS BEEN VIEWED AS A CONSCIOUS REBELLION AGAINST A
SEVERE, AUTHORITARIAN, AND STRICTLY RELIGIOUS-CENTERED
CHILDHOOD.

8. 1.1.2. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE.
• RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHER.
• RELIGIOUS CRITICISM OUTLOOK.
• LUTHERAN UPBRINGING – THE STUDY OF THEOLOGY, LUTHER AS A HERO,
RELIGIOUS METAPHORS IN WRITING.

10. 1.1.3 PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCE.
• SPIRIT OF INQUIRY STARTS WITH HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF
PHILOLOGY.
• LATER IT TRANSFORMS INTO THE FIELD OF PHILOSOPHY.
• PHILOLOGY- A BRANCH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT DEALS WITH THE STRUCTURE, HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT,
AND RELATIONSHIPS OF A LANGUAGE OR LANGUAGES.

11. 1.1.3.1ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
• PHILOSOPHER OF PESSIMISM.
• AN ADVOCATE OF A METAPHYSICAL DOCTRINE OF THE WILL IN RESPONSE TO
HEGELIAN IDEALISM.
• THE WORLD AS WILL AND IDEA.

12. • LIKE SCHOPENHAUER, NIETZSCHE PRESENTED THE PICTURE OF THE PHILOSOPHER
WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING IN THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH, HOWEVER PAINFUL THAT
MIGHT BE.
• SCHOPENHAUER’S STYLE OF WRITING, PERHAPS MORE THAN THE CONTENT,
INFLUENCED NIETZSCHE’S STYLE AND PROVIDED A DEMONSTRATION THAT ONE CAN
WRITE PHILOSOPHY AND ALSO WRITE WELL.
• NIETZSCHE SEEMINGLY ADOPTED THE PRIMACY OF THE WILL, THE CORE TEACHING OF
SCHOPENHAUER, AS THE MOTIVATING FORCE, AND THIS BECAME THE WILL TO POWER.

13. 1.1.3.4 Richard Wagner.
• GERMAN COMPOSER.
• MUSICAL THEORIST.
• A FATHER FIGURE FOR NIETZSCHE.
• HE RECOGNIZED THE COMPOSER’S EGO AS THE NEED TO DOMINATE OTHERS AND
EXERT HIS POWER OVER THEM.
• NIETZSCHE’S RELATIONSHIP WITH WAGNER INFECTED HIS EARLY WRITINGS – THE
BIRTH OF TRAGEDY.
• REALIZATION AND CRITICISM.

14. 1.1.3.3 Charles Darwin.
• HISTORY OF MATERIALISM - F.A. LANGE
• NIETZSCHE WAS STRUCK BY THE POSSIBLE HAZARDS CONTAINED IN DARWINIAN
THINKING, ESPECIALLY THE DENIAL OF ANY CARDINAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAN
AND ANIMAL.
• WILL TO POWER VS WILL TO STRUGGLE.

15. 1.1.4 ARTISTIC INFLUENCE.
• LITERARY ARTISTS AMONG PHILOSOPHERS.
• PHILOLOGIST.
• NIETZSCHE BELIEVES THAT ART, TOGETHER WITH OUR INSTINCTUAL SIDE, CAN
ALSO PROVIDE US WITH INSIGHTS THAT ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE THROUGH
REASON.
• ACCORDING TO NIETZSCHE, ART IS FUNDAMENTALLY CREATIVE AND ENABLES
THE PREPARATION FOR THE CREATION OF SENSATIONS AND WAYS OF LIVING
THAT REFLECT HUMANKIND'S HIGHEST POTENTIAL.

16. 1.2 GROWTH AS A PHILOSOPHER.

17. CHAPTER TWO
WILL TO POWER.