| Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits (Revised Edition) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Nietzsche, Friedrich (Author), Faber, Marion (Translator), Lehmann, Stephen (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0803283687 ISBN-13: 9780803283688 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: This English translation--the first since 1909--restores "Human, All Too Human" to its proper central position in the Nietzsche canon. First published in 1878, the book marks the philosophical coming of age of Friedrich Nietzsche. In it he rejects the romanticism of his early work, influenced by Wagner and Schopenhauer, and looks to enlightened reason and science. The "Free Spirit" enters, untrammeled by all accepted conventions, a precursor of Zarathustra. The result is 638 stunning aphorisms about everything under and above the sun. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism |
| Dewey: 128 |
| LCCN: 95036383 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.36" W x 8.04" (0.74 lbs) 275 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - German |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 29945 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This English translation--the first since 1909--restores Human, All Too Human to its proper central position in the Nietzsche canon. First published in 1878, the book marks the philosophical coming of age of Friedrich Nietzsche. In it he rejects the romanticism of his early work, influenced by Wagner and Schopenhauer, and looks to enlightened reason and science. The Free Spirit enters, untrammeled by all accepted conventions, a precursor of Zarathustra. The result is 638 stunning aphorisms about everything under and above the sun. |