Dec
9
Primary Source Paper: 19th Century Ideology – The Importance of Being Earnest and Also Sprach Zarathustra
December 9, 2015 | 6 Comments
With the fall of Napoleon’s conquest and the rise of industrialization, Europe in the 1800s underwent a massive change that challenged the norms and traditions that had persisted for generations. Europe’s rapid modernization brought along revolutionary thoughts and actions that shaped the world as it is today. Oscar Wilde’s comedy The Importance of Being Earnest […]
Dec
5
Friedrich Nietzsche – Thus Spoke Zarathustra
December 5, 2015 | 5 Comments
In October of 1844 in the German town of Röken bei Lützen, Friedrich Nietzsche was born to Karl and Franziska Nietzsche. After his father’s death in 1849, Nietzsche’s family moved to Naumburg an der Saale, where he later attended his first-rate boarding school, Schulpforta. Nietzsche later attended the University of Bonn with a focus in philology, and […]