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41. Nietzsche: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) by Peter R. Sedgwick | |
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(2009-07-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description Nietzsche: The Key Concepts is a comprehensive guide to one of the most widely-studied and influential philosophers of the nineteenth century. This invaluable resource helps navigate the often challenging and controversial thought outlined in Nietzsche’s seminal texts. Fully cross-referenced throughout and in an accessible A-Z format with suggestions for further reading, this concise yet thorough introduction explores such ideas as: This volume is essential reading for students of philosophy and will be of interest to those studying in the fields of literature, religion and cultural theory. |
42. Nietzsche by Lou Salome, Siegfried Mandel | |
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(2001-10-16)
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Editorial Review Product Description Published in 1894 as its subject languished in madness, Salomé's book rode the crest of a surge of interest in Nietzsche's iconoclastic philosophy. She discusses his writings and such biographical events as his break with Wagner, attempting to ferret out the man in the midst of his works. Salomé's provocative conclusion -- that Nietzsche's madness was the inevitable result of his philosophical views -- generated considerable controversy. Nietzsche's sister, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, dismissed the book as a work of fantasy. Yet the philosopher's longtime acquaintance Erwin Rohde wrote, "Nothing better or more deeply experienced or perceived has ever been written about Nietzsche." Siegfried Mandel's extensive introduction examines the circumstances that brought Lou Salomé and Nietzsche together and the ideological conflicts that drove them apart. Customer Reviews (3)
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A personal psychological expert on Nietzsche Lou reported a conversation about the changes in his life in which Nietzsche raised the question, "When everything has taken its course--where does one run to then?" and told her, "In any case, the circle could be more plausible than a standing still."(p. 32).She described his books as the product of "his last period of creativity, Nietzsche arrived at his mystical teaching of the eternal recurrence:the picture of a circle--eternal change in an eternal recurrence--stands like a wondrous symbol and mysterious cypher over the entrance to his work."(p. 33). This book does not have an index, and the notes on pages 160-8 merely clarify a few things, such as the date of the letter from Nietzsche to Lou at the beginning of Part III Nietzsche's "System" on page 91 which Lou used without the final comment, "be what you must be."The possibilities might not be considered so great."In that regard, if the sickliness of man is, so to speak, his normal condition or his specific human nature itself, and if the concepts of falling ill and of development are seen as almost identical, then we will naturally encounter again the already mentioned decadence at the culmination of a long cultural development."(p. 102).The ascetic ideal "is also a third kind of decadence which threatens to make the described illness incurable and threatens the possibility of recovery.And that form of decadence is embodied in a false interpretation of the world, an incorrect perception of life encouraged by that suffering and illness. . . . every kind of intellectualism extols thinking at the expense of life and supports the ideal of `truth' at the expense of a heightened sensation of living."(p. 103)."In respect to Nietzsche's own psychic problem, it is of less interest to determine correctly the historicity of master morality and slave morality than it is to ascertain the fact that in man's evolution he has carried these contrasts, these antitheses, within himself and that he is the consequent sufferer of this conflict of instincts, embodying double valuations."(p. 113).Ultimately, "Nietzsche's thought of the Dionysian orgy as the means for release of the emotions" (p. 127) are considered "the necessary conditions for the creative act out of which one shapes the luminous and godly."(p. 127).Nietzsche and Schopenhauer are tied to "the deeply pessimistic nature of the Greeks because their innermost life, as revealed through the orgiastic, was one of darkness, pain, and chaos."(p. 127).Art is the answer, here."The highest or the most religious art is the tragic because within it the artist delivers beauty from the terrifying."(p. 128).Modern society can hardly be comprehended without accepting that much of what is popular is produced in the attempt to satisfy that desire for art.
An Important Addition to Nietzsche Studies Over the years we have heard from almost everyone who was anyone in Nietzsche's life, except Lou Salome. This makes the published reprint of her 1894 even more important for those involved in Nietzsche studies. To say that Salome brings a unique perspective to her work is a bit of an understatement, but those who simply expect this to be memoir of the man she knew will be, I think, somewhat joyfully disappointed. Instead she has written what well may be the first attempt to view the persona behind the works. After giving us an excellent analysis of Nietzsche's philosophy, she comes to the conclusion that perhaps Nietzsche's madness was the inevitable result of his philosophy. Was this, as Nietzsche's sister said, merely a fantasy of female revenge? Then simply compare the last page of her book with the events of Nietzche's last days in Turin, events which she cannot have known. Hers is a provactive and illuminating look at Nietzsche, made more powerful by the fact that she was first to the gate and that the strength of her book is the analysis, not the memories. As with any book on Nietzsche that comes to us in a foreign language, translation is most important if we are to have not only a working understanding, but also a deeper understanding than we would ordinarily expect. That the translator should be the late Siegfried Mandel is only to the reader's advantage. His translation is crisp and clear. His excellent introduction makes it all the more clear to me that this man is, or should be at least considered, one of the formost Nietzschean scholars of his time. (For further reference, see his excellent "Nietzsche and the Jews.") This is a book every serious student of Nietzsche should have in his or her library and a book that may contribute to a new vision of the tortured harbinger of the overman. ... Read more |
43. On Truth and Untruth: Selected Writings by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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Editorial Review Product Description Newly translated and edited by Taylor Carman, On Truth and Untruth charts Nietzsche’s evolving thinking on truth, which has exerted a powerful influence over modern and contemporary thought. This original collection features the complete text of the celebrated early essay “On Truth and Lie in a Nonmoral Sense” (“a keystone in Nietzsche’s thought” —Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy), as well as selections from the great philosopher’s entire career, including key passages from The Gay Science, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Will to Power, Twilight of the Idols, and The Antichrist. |
44. The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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(2010-04-15)
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45. The Untimely Meditations (Thoughts Out of Season Parts I and II) by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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Nietzsche's Meditations on Culture
Unfashionable Observations Nevertheless, Wagner had been publicly denounced by Strauss in 1865 for having persuaded Ludwig II to fire a musician rival.Not one to forget an assault, Wagner encouraged Nietzsche to read Strauss' recent The Old and the New Faith (1872), which advocated the rejection of the Christian faith in favor of a Darwinian, materialistic and patriotic worldview.Wagner described the book to Nietzsche as extremely superficial, and Nietzsche agreed with Wagner's opinion, despite the similarity of his own views to Strauss' perspective on religion. This Unfashionable Observation, accordingly, was Nietzsche's attempt to avenge Wagner by attacking Strauss' recent book.In fact, the essay is at least as much an argumentative attack on Strauss as on his book, for Nietzsche identifies Strauss as a cultural "Philistine" and exemplar of pseudoculture.The resulting essay appears extremely intemperate, although erudite, filled with references to many of Nietzsche's scholarly contemporaries.The climax is a literary tour de force, in which Nietzsche cites a litany of malapropisms from Strauss, interspersed with his own barbed comments. Nietzsche's second Unfashionable Observation, "On the Advantages and Disadvantages of History for Life" (1874) is "unfashionable" because it questions the apparent assumption of nineteenth century German educators that historical knowledge is intrinsically valuable.Nietzsche argues, in contrast, that historical knowledge is valuable only when it has a positive effect on human beings' sense of life. Although he acknowledges that history does provide a number of benefits in this respect, Nietzsche also contends that there are a number of ways in which historical knowledge could prove damaging to those who pursued it and that many of his contemporaries were suffering these ill effects. Nietzsche contends that history can play three positive roles, which he terms "monumental," "antiquarian," and "critical."Monumental history brings the great achievements of humanity into focus.This genre of history has value for contemporary individuals because it makes them aware of what is possible for human beings to achieve.Antiquarian history, history motivated primarily out of a spirit of reverence for the past, can be valuable to contemporary individuals by helping them appreciate their lives and culture.Critical history, history approached in an effort to pass judgment, provides a counter-balancing effect to that inspired by antiquarian history.By judging the past, those engaged in critical history remain attentive to flaws and failures in the experience of their culture, thereby avoiding slavish blindness in their appreciation of it. The problem with historical scholarship in his own time, according to Nietzsche, was that historical knowledge was pursued for its own sake.He cited five dangers resulting from such an approach to history:(1) Modern historical knowledge undercuts joy in the present, since it makes the present appear as just another episode.(2) Modern historical knowledge inhibits creative activity by convincing those made aware of the vast sweep of historical currents that their present actions are too feeble to change the past they have inherited.(3) Modern historical knowledge encourages the sense that the inner person is disconnected from the outer world by assaulting the psyche with more information than it can absorb and assimilate. ( 4) Modern historical knowledge encourages a jaded relativism toward reality and present experience, motivated by a sense that because things keep changing present states of affairs do not matter. (5) Modern historical knowledge inspires irony and cynicism about the contemporary individual's role in the world; the historically knowledgeable person comes to feel increasingly like an afterthought in the scheme of things, imbued by a sense of belatedness. Although Nietzsche was convinced that the current approach to history was psychologically and ethically devastating to his contemporaries, particularly the young, he contends that antidotes could reverse those trends.One antidote is the unhistorical, the ability to forget how overwhelming the deluge of historical information is, and to "enclose oneself within a bounded horizon."A second antidote is the suprahistorical, a shift of focus from the ongoing flux of history to "that which bestows upon existence the character of the eternal and stable, towards art and religion." Nietzsche's third Unfashionable Observation "Schopenhauer as Educator" (1874), probably provides more information about Nietzsche himself than it does about Schopenhauer or his philosophy. Schopenhauer, in Nietzsche's idealizing perspective, is exemplary because he was so thoroughly an individual genius.Schopenhauer was one of those rare individuals whose emergence is nature's true goal in producing humanity, Nietzsche suggests.He praises Schopenhauer's indifference to the mediocre academicians of his era, as well as his heroism as a philosophical loner. Strangely, given Schopenhauer's legendary pessimism, Nietzsche praises his "cheerfulness that really cheers" along with his honesty and steadfastness.But Nietzsche argues that in addition to specific traits that a student might imitate, Schopenhauer offers a more important kind of example.Being himself attuned to the laws of his own character, Schopenhauer directed those students who were incapable of insight to recognize the laws of their own character.By reading and learning from Schopenhauer, one could develop one's own individuality. "Richard Wagner in Bayreuth" (1876), the fourth and final of Nietzsche's published Unfashionable Observations, was intended as an essay of praise to Wagner, much like "Schopenhauer as Educator." Nietzsche's relationship with Wagner had been strained by the time he wrote the essay, however, and the tension is evident in the text, which emphasizes Wagner's psychology (a theme that would preoccupy Nietzsche in many of his future writings).Nietzsche, himself, may have been concerned about the extent to which the essay might be perceived as unflattering, for he considered not publishing it.Ultimately, Nietzsche published a version of the essay that was considerably less critical of Wagner than were earlier drafts, and Wagner was pleased enough to send a copy of the essay to King Ludwig.
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46. Homer and Classical Philology and Other Short Works by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche | |
Paperback: 188
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(2008-02-25)
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47. Nietzsche and the Death of God: Selected Writings (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Peter Fritzsche | |
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(2006-12-29)
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48. I Am Not a Man, I Am Dynamite! Friedrich Nietzsche and the Anarchist Tradition | |
Paperback: 160
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(2004-04)
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49. Nietzsche: Writings from the Late Notebooks (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Nietzsche Friedrich | |
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(2003-03-10)
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50. Classic Philosophy: 6 books by Nietzsche, in German, in a single file, with active table of contents (German Edition) by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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51. The Pre-Platonic Philosophers (International Nietzsche Studies (INS)) by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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(2006-06-05)
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Important Text, but... One will see in this text Nietzsche's extraordinary knowledge of the greeks.Most of us know that Nietzsche started his academic life as a philologist, and found in the Greek culture something which pointed him towards the philosophical inquiry he would come to make in his life.I encourage all to partake in Nietzsche's discussion with the Greeks, for it will provide critical insight into the devlopment of his philosophy. This text is the lecutre course that he gave at Basel in 1868.It provides an account of the most important thinkers before the time of Plato, in accordance to Nietzsche's own struggle with their (the thinkers) fragments.If one finds this text interesting, I would recommend looking into the Birth of Tragedy, Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks, and just to get some background info on the lives and fragments obtained from these thinkers, Kirk, Raven, and Schofield's The Pre-Socratic Philosophers. With that said, this text does have its limitiations.At some moments the translation is very good, and at other moments rather poor.There are sections, for example, in the Chapter on Empedocles that are very important that do not make it into the English translation.Moreover, the translation seems to make use of common English expressions when the actual German dictates a more dramatic expression.Like I say in all my reviews of Nietzsche's notebooks, his texts makes one want to learn German, so do that if you can.If one cannot, read it alongside an expert in German and you will be able to see the rather superficial areas of translation. So, an important text with some mechanical problems in the translation.Still worth the investment though, and it provides a good intro in NIetzsche's insight into the Greek world. Amor fati
Could you worship this like an indefinite God?
A milestone in Nietzsche scholarship But even more surprising and satisfying is the section that Whitlock modestly calls a "Translator's Commentary", which is actually a challenging and profound engagement with Nietzsche, the various Greek philosophers under discussion, Nietzsche's near contemporaries in German science, philosophy, and philology, and later thinkers as well. In fact, one of the more exciting parts of the text is where Whitlock challenges various statements by Heidegger and, I think, comes out on top. This is not mere history of philosophy, but a genuine encounter with some very provocative ideas. At the end of this book, the reader must be absolutely conviced that the Pre-Platonic philosophers are not just interesting historically, but that each of them was a brilliant thinker with a highly developed intuitive gift for charging ahead into new intellectual territory. Nietzsche's deep passion for these thinkers is irresistible, and the reader cannot help but marvel at his ability to synthesize the Greeks with the science of his day and then use that to begin his own extraordinary philosophical journey. ... Read more |
52. Peacock and the Buffalo: The Poetry of Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche, James Luchte | |
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53. The Complete Works Of Friedrich Nietzsche by Friederich Nietzsche | |
Paperback: 472
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(2008-05-16)
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The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche, is a misleading title.
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54. Unfashionable Observations: Volume 2 (The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche) by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
Paperback: 432
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(1998-12-01)
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An Excellent Translation of a Transitional Work I believe this book is considered transitional Nietzsche, having been written after _The Birth of Tragedy_ but before _Beyond Good and Evil_, _The Genealogy of Morals_, et cetera. It consists of four essays: on David Strauss, history, Schopenhauer, and Wagner respectively. In my opinion the 'history' essay is the most interesting; Nietzsche asserts that too much awareness of history enervates the mind, robbing it of the raw vigor he considered so important. Not en entirely original thought, perhaps, but knowledgeably and poetically argued. This translation seems to be clearly the best of the three I perused in the bookstore: the vocabulary is sharp, forceful, and true to what I know of the German. I don't think this is the place to begin one's study of Nietzsche, but if Walter Kaufmann's collections (The Portable Nietzsche, The Basic Writings of Nietzsche) don't give you your fill, you could certainly pick up this one next.
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55. Selected Letters of Friedrich Nietzsche (Classic Reprint) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche | |
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56. La Genealogia De La Moral / the Moral Genealogy (Biblioteca Edaf) (Spanish Edition) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche | |
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57. On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche | |
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Unique and startling Nietzsche asks: given that we always live in such a present, why do we want or need historical knowledge? Animals live without a historical sense: they do not reflect on the past or contemplate their future -- they simply live from moment to moment in the eternal present that humans perpetually avoid. And generally, Nietzsche notes, animals seem happier than human beings: more spontaneous, more cheerful, less given to morbid and resentful states of mind. Given these differences, should humans abandon the study of history and try to live in the present like animals? No, says Nietzsche, this relation to history is the true source of human uniqueness and achievement. The question is not "Should we study history?" but rather, "What history should we study, and in what amount?" The answer, says Nietzsche, is history that gives us a proper appreciation of life's difficulties and the struggles that have preceded us, but which nonetheless spurs us to creative action in the present. We should never study history for history's sake; rather, we should study it with a view to understanding and surpassing our present. This is a short, powerful volume, dense with ideas but astoundingly clear.
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presenta el peligro que un exceso de erudión de historia |
58. Twilight of the Idols with The Antichrist and Ecce Homo (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Friedrich Nietzsche | |
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59. How to Read Nietzsche by Keith Ansell Pearson | |
Paperback: 131
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(2005-09-26)
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I cannot recommend this odd and poorly written book
A succinct, lucid overview of Nietzsche's philosophy
Intermediate Introduction to Nietzsche
How to read one of the most unread thinkers...
the tasks Nietzsche bequeathed to us |
60. Friedrich Nietzsche, an illustrated biography by Ivo Frenzel | |
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(1967)
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