# Nietzsche resigns the Basel philology chair for health, exiting a public academic labour post

Date: 1879

## The fact

The 1879 resignation is the dated labour exit from the Basel chair. [Friedrich Nietzsche](/people/friedrich-nietzsche)’s documented role is: He requested release from the chair. The university granted a pension. He did not abolish philology posts. Do not treat the pension as a unique fiscal coefficient. Do not twin the 1869 appointment as a second resignation. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Friedrich Nietzsche's documented role is: He requested release from the chair. The university granted a pension. He did not abolish philology posts.

## Context

Migraine, eye, and stomach illness as the received medical weather. Overbeck remains in Basel. Named others on the file: Universität Basel as employer; Franz Overbeck as colleague. The public setting is the file around 1879-05-01. Unnamed clerks, soldiers, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. The instrument stays Nietzsche resigns the Basel philology chair for health, exiting a public academic labour post. The setting of Nietzsche resigns the Basel philology chair for health, exiting a public academic labour post is the public file around 1879-05-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [labour-market-tightness](/drivers/labour-market-tightness) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## Evidence and sources

SEP life-works and Britannica independently date the 1879 resignation for health. Official: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Nietzsche’s Life and Works (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-life-works/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent: Britannica — Friedrich Nietzsche (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-Nietzsche; Encyclopaedia Britannica). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Nietzsche’s Life and Works (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-life-works/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Britannica — Friedrich Nietzsche (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-Nietzsche; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Nietzsche’s Life and Works (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-life-works/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

## Significance

Academic labour exit. Welfare reading worsening. The attached mechanism is Exit from a public teaching chair is a labour-market path of high confidence on the dated resignation. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## What is established and what is not

Resignation file, not a clinic tape. Established: a sourced public record of Nietzsche resigns the Basel philology chair for health, exiting a public academic labour post under 1879-05-01. Established: a sourced public record of Nietzsche resigns the Basel philology chair for health, exiting a public academic labour post under 1879-05-01.

The attached driver is labour-market-tightness. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not treat the pension as a unique fiscal coefficient. Do not twin the 1869 appointment as a second resignation. Mixed effects of Nietzsche resigns the Basel philology chair for health, exiting a public academic labour post are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Nietzsche resigns the Basel philology chair for health, exiting a public academic labour post. Naming Friedrich Nietzsche does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1879-05-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Friedrich Nietzsche: https://factrail.ai/people/friedrich-nietzsche

## Drivers

- Labour-Market Tightness: https://factrail.ai/drivers/labour-market-tightness

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-Nietzsche
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche-life-works/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nie-basel-resign-1879