Thus Spoke Zarathustra
A Book for Everyone and No One
$21.00
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1964
Summary
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Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. With blazing intensity and poetic brilliance, Nietzsche argues that the meaning…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441185 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140441182 |
| Author: | Friedrich Nietzsche, R.J. Hollingdale |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1964 |
| Weight: | 316g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) became the chair of classical philology at Basel University at the age of 24 until his bad health forced him to retire in 1879. He divorced himself from society until his final collapse in 1899 when he became insane. He died in 1900. R.J. Hollingdale translated 11 of Nietzsche’s books and published 2 books about him.
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