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Human, All Too Human (Paperback)
Frederich Nietzsche; Translated by Helen Zimmern, Thomas Common; Contributions by J. M. Kennedy; Introduction by J. M. Kennedy
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R197
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We Philologists (Paperback)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche; Translated by J. M. Kennedy
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R162
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
My thoughts concerning the genealogy of our moral prejudices-for
they constitute the issue in this polemic- have their first, bald,
and provisional expression in that collection of aphorisms entitled
Human, all-too-Human, a Book for Free Minds, the writing of which
was begun in Sorrento, during a winter which allowed me to gaze
over the broad and dangerous territory through which my mind had up
to that time wandered.
This is a classic work by the German philologist, poet, composer,
author and philosopher, Nietzsche (1844-1900). He critiqued
religion, morality, contemporary culture and philosophy, basing his
thoughts on whether the idea is life-affirming or life-denying. He
was plagued by ill health, a workaholic and phenomenal thinker, and
hence his life was both short and very productive, ending in mental
collapse. At the age of 24 he remains the youngest ever Chair of
Classical Philosophy at the University of Basel. But he rarely
gained the respect he deserved within his lifetime. That has since
been amended and in the 20th century he was recognised as one of
the most significant figures in modern philosophy, most notably in
the areas of nihilism, postmodernism and existentialism.
This book is intended for calm readers, -for men who have not yet
been drawn into the mad headlong rush of our hurry-skurrying age,
and who do not experience any idolatrous delight in throwing
themselves beneath its chariot-wheels. It is for men, therefore,
who are not accustomed to estimate the value of everything
according to the amount of time it either saves or wastes. In
short, it is for the few. These, we believe, "still have time."
Without any qualms of conscience they may improve the most fruitful
and vigorous hours of their day in meditating on the future of our
education; they may even believe when the evening has come that
they have used their day in the most dignified and useful way,
namely, in the meditatio generis futuri. No one among them has yet
forgotten to think while reading a book; he still understands the
secret of reading between the lines, and is indeed so generous in
what he himself brings to his study, that he continues to reflect
upon what he has read, perhaps long after he has laid the book
aside. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German
philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist. He wrote
critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture,
philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony
and aphorism.
THIS 52 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Religions and
Philosophies of the East, by J. M. Kennedy. To purchase the entire
book, please order ISBN 0766191125.
THIS 94 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Religions and
Philosophies of the East, by J. M. Kennedy. To purchase the entire
book, please order ISBN 0766191125.
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