![]() Later, notwithstanding the withering attacks on German nationalism and the refined praises of Judaism scattered liberally throughout his books, philosophy professors scoured Nietzsche's writings for fragments to show that he was a spiritual father of National Socialism. In World War I, German soldiers read Thus Spake Zarathustra in the trenches for inspiration. Indeed, there may have been as many major interpretations of Nietzsche since he slipped into insanity at age 44 in the winter of 1889 as there have been generations who have sought to understand him.Īs he lay wasting away in the 1890s, first in Naumburg under the care of his mother, and then in Weimar under the care of his unscrupulous sister (who helped lay the groundwork for what became the Nazi version of his thought), Nietzsche's fame as a teacher of Lebensphilosophie, which sought to liberate life from the stifling clutches of convention, began to grow in Germany it continued to do so after his death in 1900. ![]() It is a tribute to Nietzsche that the interpretation of his books seems to present to each new generation of readers a defining temptation and test. ![]() By Reviewed Peter Berkowitz August 18, 2002 ![]()
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