When Nietzsche Wept
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When Nietzsche Wept is a philosophical novel by Irvin D. Yalom that imagines an intense, psychologically rich encounter between Friedrich Nietzsche and a pioneering Viennese physician.
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| When Nietzsche Wept canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: When Nietzsche Wept Context triple: [Irvin D. Yalom, notableWork, When Nietzsche Wept]
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical novel by Friedrich Nietzsche that presents his ideas on the Übermensch, the death of God, and the revaluation of values through the speeches of the prophet Zarathustra.
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From Hegel to Nietzsche
From Hegel to Nietzsche is a major work of intellectual history by Karl Löwith that traces the development of 19th-century German philosophy from Hegel’s idealism to Nietzsche’s nihilism.
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On the Genealogy of Morality
On the Genealogy of Morality is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that critically examines the historical origins and value of moral concepts such as guilt, bad conscience, and ressentiment.
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Nietzsche and Philosophy
"Nietzsche and Philosophy" is Gilles Deleuze’s influential 1962 study that reinterprets Friedrich Nietzsche’s thought through a radical, anti-Hegelian lens, emphasizing concepts like will to power, eternal return, and the critique of morality.
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The Gay Science
The Gay Science is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that explores themes such as the death of God, the affirmation of life, and the origins of moral values in a series of aphorisms and poetic reflections.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: When Nietzsche Wept Target entity description: When Nietzsche Wept is a philosophical novel by Irvin D. Yalom that imagines an intense, psychologically rich encounter between Friedrich Nietzsche and a pioneering Viennese physician.
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A.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical novel by Friedrich Nietzsche that presents his ideas on the Übermensch, the death of God, and the revaluation of values through the speeches of the prophet Zarathustra.
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B.
From Hegel to Nietzsche
From Hegel to Nietzsche is a major work of intellectual history by Karl Löwith that traces the development of 19th-century German philosophy from Hegel’s idealism to Nietzsche’s nihilism.
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C.
On the Genealogy of Morality
On the Genealogy of Morality is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that critically examines the historical origins and value of moral concepts such as guilt, bad conscience, and ressentiment.
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D.
Nietzsche and Philosophy
"Nietzsche and Philosophy" is Gilles Deleuze’s influential 1962 study that reinterprets Friedrich Nietzsche’s thought through a radical, anti-Hegelian lens, emphasizing concepts like will to power, eternal return, and the critique of morality.
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E.
The Gay Science
The Gay Science is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche that explores themes such as the death of God, the affirmation of life, and the origins of moral values in a series of aphorisms and poetic reflections.
- F. None of above. chosen
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film
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novel ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| author |
Irvin D. Yalom
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Irvin David Yalom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | When Nietzsche Wept NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Lou Andreas-Salomé
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Sigmund Freud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Friedrich Nietzsche
NERFINISHED
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Josef Breuer NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Andreas-Salomé NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigmund Freud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | When Nietzsche Wept (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0465084090 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | ~300 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
history of ideas
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philosophy ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
birth of psychoanalysis
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despair ⓘ existentialism ⓘ freedom ⓘ friendship ⓘ love ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ the unconscious ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Josef Breuer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | imagined encounter between Friedrich Nietzsche and Josef Breuer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting Friedrich Nietzsche as a character
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fictionalizing early psychotherapy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Basic Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Friedrich Nietzsche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: When Nietzsche Wept Description of subject: When Nietzsche Wept is a philosophical novel by Irvin D. Yalom that imagines an intense, psychologically rich encounter between Friedrich Nietzsche and a pioneering Viennese physician.
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