Nietzsche Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist

Name: Nietzsche Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist
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ISBN: 9780691160269

ISBN-10: 0691160260

ISBN-13: 9780691160269

Edition: 4th 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Walter A. Kaufmann, Alexander Nehamas

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This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. Kaufmann rehabilitated Nietzsche nearly single-handedly, presenting his works as one of the great achievements of Western philosophy.Responding to the powerful myths and countermyths that had sprung up around Nietzsche, Kaufmann offered a patient, evenhanded account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Without ignoring or downplaying the ugliness of…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 5.59" wide x 8.46" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 1.188



Foreword



Preface to the Fourth Edition (1974)


Preface to the Third Edition (1968)


Preface to the Second Edition (1956)


Preface to the First Edition (1950)


A Note on the Citations


Prologue: The Nietzsche Legend



Background



Nietzsche's Life as Background of His Thought



Nietzsche's Method



The Death of God and the Revaluation



The Development of Nietzsche's Thought



Art and History



Existent versus the State, Darwin, and Rousseau



The Discovery of the Will to Power



Nietzsche's philosophy of power



Morality and Sublimation



Sublimation, Geist, and Eros



Power versus Pleasure



The Master Race



Overman and Eternal Recurrence



Synopsis



Nietzsche's Repudiation of Christ



Nietzsche's Attitude toward Socrates


Epilogue: Nietzsche's Heritage


Appendix: Nietzsche's "Suppressed" Manuscripts


Four Letters: Commentary and Facsimile Pages


Bibliography and Key to Abbreviations


Index