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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

A Book for None and All

By Walter Kaufmann, Friedrich Nietzsche

(55)

| Paperback | 9780140047486

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A 19th-century literary masterpiece, tremendously influential in the arts and in philosophy, uses the Persian religious leader Zarathustra to voice the author’s views, including the introduction of the controversial doctrine of the Übermensch, or "superman," a term later perverted by Nazi propContinue

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Mind open philosophy for the unease mind. Absolutely blew my mind the first time I read it. Might be a little to "juvenile" sometimes, tough. As I´ve grown older I´ve learned to love it as one of those milestones like "Catcher in the Rye".
No matter how old you are, I believe it to be a must re ... (continue)

Mind open philosophy for the unease mind. Absolutely blew my mind the first time I read it. Might be a little to "juvenile" sometimes, tough. As I´ve grown older I´ve learned to love it as one of those milestones like "Catcher in the Rye".
No matter how old you are, I believe it to be a must read.

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Love 'im or hate 'im, Nietzsche was one heck of a writer, whatever one's personal feelings of his philosophies. TSZ is possibly Nietzsche's best-known work, mostly famous for the often taken out of context "God is dead" quote. However, it's an exuberant, frenetic work which has challenged generatio ... (continue)

Love 'im or hate 'im, Nietzsche was one heck of a writer, whatever one's personal feelings of his philosophies. TSZ is possibly Nietzsche's best-known work, mostly famous for the often taken out of context "God is dead" quote. However, it's an exuberant, frenetic work which has challenged generations of students, philosophers and just plain old dilettantes.
Definitely worth reading, if only to understand why this has had such an enormous impact on subsequent political and philosophical thought.

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guaddess said on Sep 13, 2007 | Add your feedback