Nietzsche in 90 Minutes Lib/E Contributor(s): Strathern, Paul (Author), Whitfield, Robert (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0786190922 ISBN-13: 9780786190928 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
Dewey: 193 |
Series: Philosophers in 90 Minutes |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.4" (0.17 lbs) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: With Friedrich Nietzsche, philosophy was dangerous not only for philosophers but for everyone. Nietzsche ultimately went mad, but his ideas presaged a collective madness that had horrific consequences in Europe in the early 1900s. Though his philosophy is more one of aphorisms and insights than a system, it is brilliant, persuasive, and incisive. His major concept is the will to power, which he saw as the basic impulse for all our acts. Christianity he saw as a subtle perversion of this concept-thus Nietzsche's famous pronouncement, God is dead. In Nietzsche in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Nietzsche's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Nietzsche's work, a brief list of suggested readings for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place Nietzsche within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Strathern, Paul: - Paul Strathern earned a degree in philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. The author of many nonfiction books and of articles for numerous publications, he has also written several novels and has won the Somerset Maugham Prize. He lives and writes in London. Whitfield, Robert: -Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. |