What the Germans Lack
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"What the Germans Lack" is a critical section in Friedrich Nietzsche’s *Twilight of the Idols* in which he sharply analyzes and condemns perceived cultural, intellectual, and moral shortcomings of the German people of his time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Was den Deutschen fehlt | 1 |
| What the Germans Lack canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3037381 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What the Germans Lack Context triple: [Twilight of the Idols, containsSection, What the Germans Lack]
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A.
Germany is Our Problem
"Germany is Our Problem" is a 1945 book by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. advocating a harsh postwar policy to deindustrialize and weaken Germany to prevent future military aggression.
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B.
The Other Germany
The Other Germany is a political and cultural critique by Erika Mann that exposes and condemns Nazi Germany while highlighting the existence of anti-fascist Germans.
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C.
Addresses to the German Nation
"Addresses to the German Nation" is a series of influential patriotic speeches delivered in 1807–1808 by philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte that helped shape modern German nationalism and identity.
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D.
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich is a series of short, politically charged play scenes by Bertolt Brecht that depict the atmosphere of fear, oppression, and everyday complicity in Nazi Germany.
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E.
Voices from the Third Reich
Voices from the Third Reich is a historical work that presents firsthand accounts and perspectives of individuals who lived under Nazi rule in Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: What the Germans Lack Target entity description: "What the Germans Lack" is a critical section in Friedrich Nietzsche’s *Twilight of the Idols* in which he sharply analyzes and condemns perceived cultural, intellectual, and moral shortcomings of the German people of his time.
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A.
Germany is Our Problem
"Germany is Our Problem" is a 1945 book by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. advocating a harsh postwar policy to deindustrialize and weaken Germany to prevent future military aggression.
-
B.
The Other Germany
The Other Germany is a political and cultural critique by Erika Mann that exposes and condemns Nazi Germany while highlighting the existence of anti-fascist Germans.
-
C.
Addresses to the German Nation
"Addresses to the German Nation" is a series of influential patriotic speeches delivered in 1807–1808 by philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte that helped shape modern German nationalism and identity.
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D.
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich is a series of short, politically charged play scenes by Bertolt Brecht that depict the atmosphere of fear, oppression, and everyday complicity in Nazi Germany.
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E.
Voices from the Third Reich
Voices from the Third Reich is a historical work that presents firsthand accounts and perspectives of individuals who lived under Nazi rule in Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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essay ⓘ philosophical text ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
diagnosis of German cultural weaknesses
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revaluation of German values ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
cultural health
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decadence ⓘ herd morality ⓘ will to power ⓘ |
| author | Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizedGroup |
German clergy
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German politicians ⓘ German professors ⓘ German scholars ⓘ |
| criticizes |
German Christianity
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German bourgeois values ⓘ German education system ⓘ German intellectual complacency ⓘ German moral hypocrisy ⓘ German nationalism ⓘ German philistinism ⓘ German state culture ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
ⓘ
moral critique ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPerspective |
anti-Christianity
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anti-nationalism ⓘ aristocratic radicalism ⓘ individualism ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitleInGerman |
What the Germans Lack
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Was den Deutschen fehlt
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| includedIn |
Twilight of the Idols
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surface form:
Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer
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| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
German culture
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German national character ⓘ cultural decadence ⓘ intellectual life ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| partOf | Twilight of the Idols ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Nietzschean philosophy
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existentialism (precursor) ⓘ philosophy of culture ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| tone |
critical
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polemical ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithin |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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surface form:
late Nietzsche
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| workInThisPublication | Twilight of the Idols ⓘ |
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Subject: What the Germans Lack Description of subject: "What the Germans Lack" is a critical section in Friedrich Nietzsche’s *Twilight of the Idols* in which he sharply analyzes and condemns perceived cultural, intellectual, and moral shortcomings of the German people of his time.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Was den Deutschen fehlt