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Alexander Tille

German philosopher (1866-1912) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 46

Alexander Tille was a German philosopher. He published the first English translation of Friedrich Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra in 1896. Tille strongly supported eugenics and Social Darwinism. He claimed Christian ethics, democracy, equality, humanism and socialism were only the delusions held by the weak.

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Tille felt slums were good, since they could help purge society of the "unfit". He also thought disabled and mentally ill people should be left to starve, with food only given to the "fit".

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1866 to 1912 · aged 46