Contributions

  • Arrowsmith, William, 1924- - Contributor

Publication

1990 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

100,500 words, Guess

Page Count

402 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100300043112
  • ISBN-139780300043112
  • LibraryThing98373
  • Library of Congress Control Number89005658
  • Open LibraryOL2187520M

Classifications

  • DDC193
  • LCCB3313.U52 E5 1990

Alternate Titles

  • Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen.

Description

The four short works in Untimely Meditations were published by Nietzsche between 1873 and 1876. They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the task of philosophy, the nature of education, and the relationship between art, science and life. They also include Nietzsche's earliest statement of his own understanding of human selfhood as a process of endlessly 'becoming who one is'. As Daniel Breazeale shows in his introduction to this new edition of R.J. Hollingdale's translation of the essays, these four early texts are key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsche's thought and clearly anticipate many of the themes of his later writings. Nietzsche himself always cherished his Untimely Meditations and believed that they provide valuable evidence of his 'becoming and self-overcoming' and constitute a 'public pledge' concerning his own distinctive task as a philosopher.

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  • Unmodern observations =: Unzeitgemässe BetrachtungenYale University Press1990-01-01
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