Beyond Good and Evil · Character
Frederick the Great
King of Prussia referenced as an example of enlightened leadership.
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Also known as Frederick the Great, the young Frederick, the great Frederick
First appearance: i prejudices of philosophers
Frederick the Great shows up with force in The Man of Late Culture. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Hailed as 'the first of Europeans according to my taste' and associated with Caesar as an exemplary strong type from the Hohenstaufen line.
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In The Man of Late Culture: Hailed as 'the first of Europeans according to my taste' and associated with Caesar as an exemplary strong type from the Hohenstaufen line. Later, in VI: We Scholars: Parable references the…
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