Letters & fragments
Each inventory follows the numbering of an identified edition. “Complete” refers to that edition and document type; it does not claim to cover every surviving document by the philosopher.
The coverage labels distinguish fully indexed corpora from lists that remain partial.
eKGWB · Nachgelassene Fragmente · 1869–1889 · 12,093
Complete inventory for this editionAll 12,093 numbered identifiers actually present in eKGWB notebook menus were imported and checked on 26 October 2026. Group titles and dating headers are excluded; alphabetic series are retained. Dates indicate the edition's classification year, not necessarily an exact composition date. Completeness applies to this digital Nachlass edition, not every juvenile manuscript or archival document.
Open this inventoryReference editionnew tabeKGWB · Briefe von Nietzsche · 1850–1889 · 2,877
Complete inventory for this editionAll 2,877 numbered outgoing-correspondence entries published in eKGWB were imported from its annual tables; addressees were transcribed from edition headings. The collection also includes drafts, cards and dedications: “letter” follows the source's documentary category. Displayed dates are classification years; exact dates and uncertainties remain available in each original document.
Open this inventoryReference editionnew tabeKGWB · Briefe an Nietzsche · 1881–1883 · 168
Complete inventory for this editionAll 168 received letters actually published in the three eKGWB tables for 1881, 1882 and 1883 are included. Completeness applies only to those tables, not to all letters Nietzsche received. Other years require the volumes and inventories of the Kritische Gesamtausgabe correspondence edition. These documents are testimony from their senders, not writings by Nietzsche.
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