Friedrich Nietzsche Article

What was Friedrich Nietzsche’s childhood like?

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Friedrich Nietzsche’s home was a stronghold of Lutheran piety. His father, Carl Ludwig Nietzsche, was a pastor who died before Nietzsche’s fifth birthday. Friedrich spent most of his early life in a household consisting of five women: his mother, Franziska; his younger sister, Elisabeth; his maternal grandmother; and two aunts.