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Gay Science

book by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Summary

Gay Science is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,356 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Friedrich Nietzsche[3]
  • Genre: philosophy[4]
  • Follows: The Dawn of Day[5]
  • Followed by: Thus Spoke Zarathustra[6]
  • Commons category: The Gay Science[7]
  • Language of work or name: German[8]
  • Country of origin: Germany[9]
  • Inception: 1881[10]
  • Publication date: 1882[11]
  • Has edition or translation: Q104864099[12], Q137855601[13]
  • Main subject: God is dead[14], amor fati[15]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/nietzsch/wissensc/wissensc.html[16]
  • Title: Die fröhliche Wissenschaft[17]
  • Copyright status: public domain[18]

Why It Matters

Gay Science has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Friedrich Nietzsche Germany literary work philosophy public domain Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cv', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', '
    Sitelink count → 40
    Bookbrainz work id → b7eb11bf-63f0-4e56-be3d-7bb6e8d83d9b
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Thus Spoke Zarathustra
    Followed by → —
    Inception → +1881-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Copyright status → public domain, public domain
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی گے سائنس]]"
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