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Nietzsche, a philosophical biography, Rüdiger Safranski ; translated by Shelley Frisch

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Nietzsche, a philosophical biography, Rüdiger Safranski ; translated by Shelley Frisch

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eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-392) and index

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contains biographical information

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nietzsche

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Rüdiger Safranski ; translated by Shelley Frisch

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a philosophical biography

Summary

No other modern philosopher has proved as influential as Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1990) & none is as poorly understood. In the first major biography in decades, Rudiger Safranski re-creates the anguished life of Nietzsche while simultaneously assessing the philosophical implications of his morality, religion, & art. Plagued by illness & profoundly shaped by his tortured sexuality, Nietzsche was a man of masks & mood swings, a thinker who called himself "dynamite" yet labored under the weight of compulsive self-consciousness. Posing apt questions & at time offering unorthodox interpretations of Nietzsche's philosophical writings, Safranski offers a brilliant portrait of a historical figure in a work that is as groundbreaking as it will be long-lasting

Table Of Contents

Drama of disillusionment: Inventing a life -- Schopenhauer and the will to style -- Birth of the birth of tragedy -- Redemption through art -- Untimely meditations -- Panacea of knowledge -- Human, all too human -- Bicameral system of culture -- Daybreak and grand inspiration -- Eternal recurrence and the gay science -- Lou Salome and the quest for intimacy -- Setting the stage for the will to power -- Finale in Turin -- Europe discovers Nietzsche -- Chronicle of Nietzsche's life

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