Knietzsche - The smallest philosopher in the world (alternative title: Knietzsche explains the world ) is a German cartoon series that has been produced since 2014 and is intended to bring children closer to philosophical questions . The title is derived from the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the knee , which symbolizes the height of the young philosopher.
The series revolves around the young Knietzsche, who likes to spend his time thinking. He tries to bring the philosophical point of view closer to the young audience in an easily understandable way.
Production and publication
The series has been produced in Germany since 2014. The script writes Anja von Kampen. Before that, the 8-part magazine show Magazin mit Knietzsche and Ben was produced in 2012 , which was a youth magazine and dealt with topics from the ARD theme week . In addition, the two special Was comes that goes . It was first broadcast on January 24, 2014 on WDR . Other broadcasts also took place on SWR television , Hr-fernsehen , KIKA , ARD-alpha and ORF eins . In addition, the four recordings Philosophy for Elementary School (January 24, 2014), Knietzsche, the media informant (September 15, 2014), Thinking is effervescent powder for the head (January 16, 2015) and Thinking makes you strong (February 10, 2016).