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Nietzsche : a philosophical biography / Rüdiger Safranski ; translated by Shelley Frisch.

Safranski, Rüdiger.
2002
193 N677s 2003
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Title
Nietzsche : a philosophical biography / Rüdiger Safranski ; translated by Shelley Frisch.
Author
Safranski, Rüdiger.
Uniform Title
Nietzsche. English
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0393050084
Imprint
New York : W.W. Norton, c2002.
Language
English
Description
412 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
193 N677s 2003
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48074225
Summary
No other modern philosopher has proved as influential as Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1990) & none is as poorly understood. In the first major biography in decades, Rudiger Safranski re-creates the anguished life of Nietzsche while simultaneously assessing the philosophical implications of his morality, religion, & art. Plagued by illness & profoundly shaped by his tortured sexuality, Nietzsche was a man of masks & mood swings, a thinker who called himself "dynamite" yet labored under the weight of compulsive self-consciousness. Posing apt questions & at time offering unorthodox interpretations of Nietzsche's philosophical writings, Safranski offers a brilliant portrait of a historical figure in a work that is as groundbreaking as it will be long-lasting.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-385) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Drama of disillusionment: Inventing a life
Schopenhauer and the will to style
Birth of the birth of tragedy
Redemption through art
Untimely meditations
Panacea of knowledge
Human, all too human
Bicameral system of culture
Daybreak and grand inspiration
Eternal recurrence and the gay science
Lou Salome and the quest for intimacy
Setting the stage for the will to power
Finale in Turin
Europe discovers Nietzsche
Chronicle of Nietzsche's life.
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