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Friedrich Nietzsche, (born October 15, 1844, Rocken, Saxony, Prussia [Germany]died August 25, 1900, Weimar, Thuringian states German classical scholar philosopher and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential modern thinkers. His attempts to unmask the motives that underlie traditional Western religion morality and philosophy deeply affected generations of theologians, philosophers, psychologists, poets, novelists, and playwrights.