Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Hardback

Main Details

Title Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated by Walter Kaufmann
SeriesModern Library Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:864
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 146
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9780679600008
ClassificationsDewey:193
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Modern Library Inc
Publication Date 5 September 1992
Publication Country United States

Description

Walter Kaufmann's classic edition includes complete texts of five major works that profoundly influenced modern literature and thought. Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner and Ecce Homo, his passionate analysis of his life and work. Included are 75 aphorisms, selections of correspondence and variants from drafts of Ecce Homo.

Author Biography

Peter Gay is Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and the former director of the Center for Writers and Scholars at the New York Public Library. His works include The Enlightenment- The Science of Freedom and Modernism- The Lure of Heresy.

Reviews

"Nietzsche is one of the few philosophers since Plato whom large numbers of intelligent people read for pleasure." --Walter Kaufmann