Description
| Product ID: | 9780521602617 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy |
| Title: | Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Pippin, Adrian Del Caro |
| Page Count: | 316 |
| Subjects: | Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Nietzsche regarded 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' as his most important work, and it has had an enormous influence on subsequent culture. This edition offers a new translation, which captures the text's poetic brilliance, together with an introduction which discusses many of the most important interpretative issues raised by the work. Nietzsche regarded ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra'' as his most important work, and his story of the wandering Zarathustra has had enormous influence on subsequent culture. Nietzsche uses a mixture of homilies, parables, epigrams and dreams to introduce some of his most striking doctrines, including the Overman, nihilism, and the eternal return of the same. This edition offers a new translation by Adrian Del Caro which restores the original versification of Nietzsche''s text and captures its poetic brilliance. Robert Pippin''s introduction discusses many of the most important interpretative issues raised by the work, including who is Zarathustra and what kind of ''hero'' is he and what is the philosophical significance of the work''s literary form? The volume will appeal to all readers interested in one of the most original and inventive works of modern philosophy. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-06-15 |
