Friedrich Nietzsche's four early essays (1873–1876) — including 'David Strauss the Confessor and the Writer,' 'On the Utility and Liability of History for Life,' 'Schopenhauer as Educator,' and 'Richard Wagner in Bayreuth' — attacking German cultural complacency and identifying models for genuine culture.
The essay 'Schopenhauer as Educator' is Nietzsche's manifesto for authentic education — education's purpose is not to produce useful citizens but to liberate the individual's genuine nature from the deadening conformity of modern culture — making it the founding text of the critique of the modern university.
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