What Nietzsche Really Said

By Robert C. Solomon

What Nietzsche particularly Said provides us a lucid evaluation -- either informative and interesting -- of possibly the main extensively learn and least understood thinker in history.

Friedrich Nietzsche's competitive independence, flamboyance, sarcasm, and get together of energy have struck responsive chords in modern tradition. extra humans than ever are interpreting and discussing his writings. yet Nietzsche's principles are frequently overshadowed by means of the myths and rumors that encompass his intercourse lifestyles, his politics, and his sanity. during this full of life and finished research, Nietzsche students Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins get to the center of Nietzsche's philosophy, from his principles on "the will to strength" to his assault on faith and morality and his notorious Übermensch (superman).

What Nietzsche particularly Said deals either guidance and insights for examining and figuring out this debatable philosopher. Written with sophistication and wit, this e-book presents a great precis of the lifestyles and paintings of 1 of history's such a lot provocative philosophers.

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