Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a moral philosopher and philogist from Germany. His work has contributed greatly to the development of existentialism.
Many of Nietzsche's family members were in the clergy and it was assumed that Friedrich himself would become a minister. Though as a child, Friedrich Nietzsche followed in the religious footsteps of his family, he grew older and found new forms of philosophy which soon preoccupied him. He began to criticize Christianity and develop his own ideas.
In 1889, Nietzsche began to develop mental illness that would leave him under his family's care for the rest of his life.
Nietzsche is well known for one particular declaration, “God is Dead”, which appears a number of times in his work.
Name: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Born: October 15, 1844, Prussia
Died: August 25, 1900, Germany
