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Professor Nietzsche Quits His Day-Job to » Hike the Swiss Alps Every Summer
Nietzsche is another writer who craved the mountains and the mountain air.
Probably even more than Hemingway.
But Nietzsche summered in the mountains .. the mountains of Sils Maria in Switzerland.
Not far from the border with Italy.
Which is where he headed for the winters. Down to warmer climates like Turin & Genoa.
At age 24 (1869) he became the youngest-ever person to occupy the Chair of Classical Philology (Written Languages) ..
.. at the University of Basel (founded 1460, Switzerland).
Twenty-four year old Professor Nietzsche .. at the same university where minds like Euler ('OY-ler) and Bernoulli went.
Ten years later, at age 34 (1879) he said » "Fuck it. I'm outta here. This shit is driving me crazy. Send my monthly pension checks to my new address at Sils Maria. I am now going to apply my considerable powers of intellect toward philosophy. Heck, I might even write a book or two while I'm there."
[ That's when Nietzsche headed to the Alps and started doing some vigorous, sustained hiking (like Hemingway). And writing books (also like Hemingway). ]
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