| Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography Contributor(s): Safranski, Rudiger (Author), Frisch, Shelley (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0393323803 ISBN-13: 9780393323801 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: Assessing Nietzche's morality, religion, and art, this seminal biography is essential reading for anyone studying the philosophy of history's most enigmatic and fascinating thinker. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Philosophical Biography |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.63" W x 8.3" (1.15 lbs) 414 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No other modern philosopher has proved as influential as Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) and none is as poorly understood. In the first new biography in decades, R diger Safranski, one of the foremost living Nietzsche scholars, re-creates the anguished life of Nietzsche while simultaneously assessing the philosophical implications of his morality, religion, and art. Struggling to break away from the oppressive burdens of the past, Nietzsche invented a unique philosophy based on compulsive self-consciousness and constant self-revision. As groundbreaking as it will be long-lasting, this biography offers a brilliant, multifaceted portrait of a towering figure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Frisch, Shelley: - Shelley Frisch is the prize-winning translator of biographies of Nietzsche, Einstein, and Kafka. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.Safranski, Rudiger: - Rüdiger Safranski is a German philosopher and writer, and the author of biographies of Friedrich Schiller, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Martin Heidegger. He lives in Berlin. |