The Portable Nietzsche
$33.43
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
1 December 1994
Summary
A captivating collection of Friedrich Nietzsche’s seminal works, from his provocative musings on truth and morality to his profound exploration of human existence.
“In this volume, one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive, passionate, and misunderstood writers in Western, or any, literature.” - Newsweek
“Few writers in any age were so full of ideas.” - Walter Kaufmann, from the Introduction
The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140150629 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140150625 |
| Author: | Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 December 1994 |
| Weight: | 478g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Viking Portable Library |
About The Author
Friedrich Nietzsche
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Prussia in 1844. After the death of his father, a Lutheran minister, Nietzsche was raised from the age of five by his mother in a household of women. In 1869 he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, where he taught until 1879 when poor health forced him to retire. He never recovered from a nervous breakdown in 1889 and died eleven years later. Known for saying that “god is dead,” Nietzsche propounded his metaphysical construct of the superiority of the disciplined individual (superman) living in the present over traditional values derived from Christianity and its emphasis on heavenly rewards. His ideas were appropriated by the Fascists, who turned his theories into social realities that he had never intended.
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