FREDERICK NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) German philospher. Born at Rocken,Saxony. He attended Bonn University and was Professor and was appointed Prof. of Greek at Basle. He abondoned theology for philology and was geatly influenced by Wagner and Schopenhauer. He suffered a permanent mental breakdown in 1889. He supported the idea of the higher man, the Superman and rejected liberalism and christianity making him a controversial philosopher even within today's liberal consensus. Major works: Thus Spake Zarathustra Ecce Homo Morgenrote Genealogy of Morals