Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography
Rüdiger Safranski
(Author)
Shelley Frisch
(Translator)
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, Rüdiger 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.Product Details
Price
$24.95
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
January 17, 2003
Pages
416
Dimensions
5.63 X 8.3 X 1.0 inches | 1.14 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393323801
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About the Author
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.
Shelley Frisch is the prize-winning translator of biographies of Nietzsche, Einstein, and Kafka. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.