I roto i te wahi no te mea o te tautoko a Ritschl, riro Nietzsche he tono nui i roto i 1869 ki te riro i te ahorangi o te philology tawhito i te University o Basel i Switzerland. Ko ia anake 24 tau, me te kore i oti i tona doctorate kore riro i te tiwhikete whakaako ("habilitation"). i whakawhiwhia ia he tohu honore doctorate i te University o Leipzig, ano ki te tautoko o Ritschl. Ahakoa te meka i tae mai te tuku i te wa i whakaaro ia e hoatu ake philology mo te pūtaiao, i whakaae ia. Ki tenei ra, Nietzsche ko tonu i roto i te taitamariki o te tenured Classics ahorangi i runga i te pūkete. Nietzsche o 1870 kaupapa doctoral thesis, Kawea ki te Study me te Critique o nga Pūtake o te Soogerti Laurea (Beiträge Quellen und Kritikunde des Laurea), i roto i tona ora i roto i tona hoa Otto von Bismarck (1870) i korero hoki i tona ora i roto i tona whare wānanga i roto i tona wa i
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