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Paperback The Portable Nietzsche (Portable Library) Book

ISBN: 0140150625

ISBN13: 9780140150629

The Portable Nietzsche

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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 fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago, yet few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The Portable Nietzsche includes Walter Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development, versatility, and inexhaustibility. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Kaufmann provides the best of Nietzsche

This one- volume anthology contains much of the most important writing of Nietzsche, the full text of ' Thus Spake Zarathustra', 'Twilight of the Idols', 'The AntiChrist','Nietzsche contra Wagner'. It also contains selections from his other books, notes and letters. In his introduction Kaufmann surveys the life and work of Nietzsche and makes an effort to place him historically. For Kaufmann Nietzsche is the spiritual father...

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The Will To Understand Is Never "Obvious"

This tremendous volume is what gave me confidence that philosophy was not only accessible to me, but more than just academic abstraction. Critics who say that Nietzsche is "obvious" often miss the fact that his thinking was once considered blasphemous & unheard of. In an era that he felt was bogged down in nostalgia & blandness driven by mindless veneration, Nietzsche felt compelled to state what he thought people were...

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An excellent, insightful read

Nietzsche stands as one of my favourite philosophers, and thinkers, alongside David Hume, and others. What makes "The Portable Nietzsche" so great, is in part accredited to Kaufmann's excellent translations, especially in "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". He captures the eloquence of Nietzsche's message and creates a smooth transition from German to English. If you are at all interested in Nietzsche, or would like to become...

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