Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) was a poet, dramatist, novelist, and a short story writer. He was the first of the great 19th-century German dramatists and lived in the Kingdom of Prussia of the Holy Roman Empire. His work was during the Romanticism literary movement. After serving in the Prussian army for seven year his life …
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Friedrich Nietzche
Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, and poet. He influenced modern intellectual history. Amazon T-shirts at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KXFJRXS
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher born in Poland Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a cantankerous German philosopher born in Poland. A fun guy, he developed a pessimistic philosophy. He believed that man having a will to live is the cause of all suffering and wrote deep philosophic tomes like his World as Will and Representation. Still, at least he …