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Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations

Hardback

Main Details

Title Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Friedrich Nietzsche
Edited by Daniel Breazeale
Translated by R. J. Hollingdale
SeriesCambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:328
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 157
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9780521584586
ClassificationsDewey:193
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Edition 2nd Revised edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 6 November 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The four short works in Untimely Meditations were published by Nietzsche between 1873 and 1876.They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the task of philosophy, the nature of education, and the relationship between art, science and life. They also include Nietzsche's earliest statement of his own understanding of human selfhood as a process of endlessly 'becoming who one is'. As Daniel Breazeale shows in his introduction to this new edition of R. J. Hollingdale's translation of the essays, these four early texts are key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsche's thought and clearly anticipate many of the themes of his later writings. Nietzsche himself always cherished his Untimely Meditations and believed that they provide valuable evidence of his 'becoming and self-overcoming' and constitute a 'public pledge' concerning his own distinctive task as a philosopher.