Sofia

City · c. 1880 CE · in Europe

Capital of Principality of Bulgaria (1880–1908), Kingdom of Bulgaria (1947–1947), People's Republic of Bulgaria (1948–1990), and 1 more.

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• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 CE – 1900 CE): German philosopher and classical philologist whose works, including Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil, attacked traditional morality and religion and introduced ideas such as the will to power.
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