# Frederick the Great — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Frederick the Great in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Frederick the Great, the young Frederick, the great Frederick

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

King of Prussia referenced as an example of enlightened leadership.

## In the story

### [The Man of Late Culture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/200)

Hailed as 'the first of Europeans according to my taste' and associated with Caesar as an exemplary strong type from the Hohenstaufen line.

### [VI: We Scholars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/vi-we-scholars)

Parable references the 'King of Prussia' who brought into being a 'military and skeptical genius,' alluding to Frederick's influence.

### [The New Warlike Age and German Skepticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/209)

Personifies the new 'harder and more dangerous skepticism' of daring manliness, related to genius for war and conquest; his spirit (Fredericianism) is credited with dominating European thought.

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