Tille, Alexander, 1866-1912

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Name (Latin)
Tille, Alexander, 1866-1912
Date of birth
1866-03-30
Date of death
1912-12-16
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 35249706
Wikidata: Q106022
Library of congress: n 81061611
Sources of Information
  • Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu. German. Die Saga von Gunnlaug Schlangenzunge, between 1887 and 1890:t.p. (Alexander Tille [translator]) p. 12 (Dr. Alexander Tille)
  • Wikipedia, German version, June 15, 2012:article, Alexander Tille (b. Mar. 30, 1866, Lauenstein; d. Dec. 16, 1912, Saarbrücken; German philosopher, German studies scholar, and representative of economic organizations (chambers of commerce, etc.); university studies in Leipzig, 1886-1890; taught German studies at University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1890-1900; after return to Germany, represented industrial interests; Social Darwinist and adherent of Nietzsche)
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Wikipedia description:

Alexander Tille (April 30, 1866 in Lauenstein – December 16, 1912 in Saarbrücken) 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. 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".

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