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Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations

Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations

Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations

2nd Edition
Friedrich Nietzsche
Daniel Breazeale, University of Kentucky
R. J. Hollingdale
November 1997
Available
Paperback
9780521585842

    The four short works in Untimely Meditations were published by Nietzsche between 1873 and 1876.They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the task of philosophy, the nature of education, and the relationship between art, science and life. They also include Nietzsche's earliest statement of his own understanding of human selfhood as a process of endlessly 'becoming who one is'. As Daniel Breazeale shows in his introduction to this new edition of R. J. Hollingdale's translation of the essays, these four early texts are key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsche's thought and clearly anticipate many of the themes of his later writings. Nietzsche himself always cherished his Untimely Meditations and believed that they provide valuable evidence of his 'becoming and self-overcoming' and constitute a 'public pledge' concerning his own distinctive task as a philosopher.

    • Essays are key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsche's thought
    • This edition includes corrections to the translation and a new introduction
    • Useful notes and guide to further reading

    Product details

    November 1997
    Paperback
    9780521585842
    322 pages
    228 × 152 × 23 mm
    0.528kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • David Strauss, the confessor and the writer
    • On the uses and disadvantages of history for life
    • Schopenhauer as educator
    • Richard Wagner in Bayreuth.
    • Friedrich Nietzsche
    • Editor
    • Daniel Breazeale , University of Kentucky
    • Translator
    • R. J. Hollingdale