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Dimensions | 6 × 9 in |
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Writer | H. L. Mencken |
Towering American intellectual H. L. Mencken’s classic work which definitively summarises and explains the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche in an easily understandable and enthralling manner. Written specifically for those seeking to gain a full and proper understanding of Nietzschean thought, Mencken’s work provides what is unquestionably the best overview ever written of this important branch of philosophy.
Divided into three sections, this work first provides a comprehensive biography of Nietzsche, stripping away the many myths around his person and setting the stage for the influences which directed his train of thought.
The second section then provides a blow-by-blow explanation of the main concepts of Nietzschean thought, using each of that philosopher’s major works as a backdrop.
The final section provides an understanding of Nietzsche’s place and importance in the pantheon of great European philosophers.
As Mencken writes in his introduction:
“It is high time for the race of Darwin and Huxley to know Nietzsche better. When his ideas are calmly weighed, they may be rejected, but it will be infinitely better to weigh and reject them thus than to condemn them out of hand and without knowing what they are.
“Reduced to elementals, Nietzsche’s philosophy consists of the following propositions:
“It is a fine thing to face machine guns for immortality and a medal, but isn’t it fine, too, to face calumny, injustice and loneliness for the truth which makes men free?”
Contents
Preface To the Third Edition
Introduction
BOOK I: NIETZSCHE THE MAN
I: Boyhood and Youth
II: The Beginnings of the Philosopher
III: Blazing a New Path
IV: The Prophet of the Superman
V: The Philosopher and The Man
BOOK II: NIETZSCHE THE PHILOSOPHER
I: Dionysus Versus Apollo
II: The Origin of Morality
III: Beyond Good and Evil
IV: The Superman
V: Eternal Recurrence
VI: Christianity
VII: Truth
VIII: Civilization
IX: Women and Marriage
X: Government
XI: Crime and Punishment
XII: Education
XIII: Sundry Ideas
XIV: Nietzsche vs. Wagner
BOOK III: NIETZSCHE THE PROPHET
I: Nietzsche’s Origins
II: Nietzsche and vis Critics
How to Study Nietzsche
Index
234 pages, completely reset, new edition. Paperback.
$15.95
Dimensions | 6 × 9 in |
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Writer | H. L. Mencken |