Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future - Couverture souple

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0760791074 ISBN 13 : 9780760791073

Editeur : BookAnnex, 2007

Synopsis

Supposing that truth is a woman, what then? This is the very first sentence in Nietzsches Beyond Good and Evil. Not very often are philosophers so disarmingly explicit in their intention to discomfort the reader. In fact, one might say that the natural state of Nietzsches reader is one of perplexity. Yet it is in the process of overcoming the perplexity that one realizes how rewarding to have ones ideas challenged. In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche critiques the mediocre in modernity and challenges the reader to accept their state of becoming and accept improvisation and creativity of the process. Nietzsches book is carefully designed to disorient the reader, to systematically provoke and tease her to the point of stealing away her certainties. It is challenging yet rewarding to overcome the perplexities of Nietzsches teachings.

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À propos de l'auteur

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 August 25, 1900) was a 19th-century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. His style and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth have resulted in much commentary and interpretation, mostly in the continental tradition. His key ideas include the death of God, perspectivism, the Übermensch, the eternal recurrence, and the will to power. Nietzsche began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. At the age of 24 he was appointed to the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel (the youngest individual to have held this position), but resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life. In 1889 he went insane, living out his remaining years in the care of his mother and sister until his death in 1900.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BookAnnex
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0760791074
• ISBN 13: 9780760791073
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Levy Oscar
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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