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Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher and writer Friedrich Nietzsche.
In 1864, Friedrich Nietzsche enrolled at the University of Bonn to study theology and classical philology.12
His time at the university was marked by academic frustration due to conflicts between his professors, leading him to transfer to the University of Leipzig in 1865.2