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Friedrich Nietzsche quiz

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What device did Nietzsche get in 1882 to spare his weak eyes?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What did Nietzsche call the basic drive behind all life?

    Answer: Will to power

    Why: Self-preservation, Nietzsche argued in Beyond Good and Evil, is just one indirect result of the will to power, not life's basic urge.

  2. 2 Medium

    Where did Nietzsche collapse in January 1889?

    Answer: Turin

    Why: After the collapse he lived on for more than eleven years and died in Weimar on 25 August 1900.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which bird keeps Zarathustra company on his mountain?

    Answer: Eagle

    Why: Zarathustra's other companion is a serpent: the eagle stands for pride, the serpent for wisdom.

  4. 4 Easy

    Where did Nietzsche say the only valuable thoughts come from?

    Answer: Walking

    Why: The same maxim mocks Flaubert's claim that one can think and write only while seated.

  5. 5 Medium

    Which book first said "what doesn't kill me makes me stronger"?

    Answer: Twilight of the Idols

    Why: Nietzsche wrote the whole book in just over a week, in late summer 1888.

  6. 6 Hard

    Who first wrote "become who you are"?

    Answer: Pindar

    Why: Nietzsche echoed the line in the subtitle of his Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is.

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