| Description |
xlv, 304 pages ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally published: Boston : Luce and Co., 1913. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Boyhood and youth -- The beginning of the philospher -- Blazing a new path -- The prophet of the superman -- The philosopher and the man -- Dionysus vs. Apollo -- The origin of morality -- Beyond good and evil -- The superman -- Eternal recurrence -- Christianity -- Truth -- Civilzation -- Women and marriage -- Government -- Crime and punishment -- Education -- Sundry ideas -- Nietzsche vs. Wagner -- Nietzsche's origin -- Nietzsche and his critics -- how to study Nietzsche -- Index. |
| Summary |
The decisive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on H.L. Mencken is readily acknowledged in the vast literature on the great American journalist and social critic. However, Mencken's 1908 study of the philosopher has been relegated to footnote status by Mencken's critics and biographers and has been largely ignored by Nietzsche scholars. There are good reasons for reversing this judgment. Mencken's work was one of the first comprehensive and sympathetic treatments of Nietzsche's thought in the English language. It is a provocative engagement with the German philosopher's complex and elusive ideas, enhanced by a style that reverberates with a verve and dynamism approaching Nietzsche's own. |
| Subject |
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
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Philosophy, German -- 19th century.
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Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900. (OCoLC)fst00031611
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Philosophy, German. (OCoLC)fst01060969
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Indexed Term |
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm 1844-1900 |
| ISBN |
1560006498 (pbk.) |
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9781560006497 (pbk.) |
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