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    Nietzsche For Beginners
    Nietzsche For Beginners
    Nietzsche For Beginners
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    Nietzsche For Beginners

    By Marc Sautet and Patrick Boussignac

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    Not only does Nietzsche For Beginners delve into the scandalous life and considerable works of Friedrich Nietzsche, it also give a clear picture of the puzzling time in which he lived. We meet the luminaries of the day – Richard Wagner, Bismarck, Freud, and Darwin – and see their influences on his work. We also receive introductions to some of the great minds that preceded and shaped his writing. Luther, Schopenhauer, Hegel, and Kant. Sautet clarifies the individual philosophers and their contributions, making the book an important introduction to philosophy. Nietzche’s famous ménage à trois, his theories of Superman, of the Antichrist of nihilism, and Zarathustra, and his posthumous and misinformed use by the Nazis make for a fascinating read.  
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFor Beginners
    Release dateAug 21, 2007
    ISBN9781939994172
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      There are too much cartoons and very few interesting words.
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      If this was meant to be a beginner's guide than I'm not quite sure that I would want to see the advanced guide. This introduction to Nietzsche was fragmented and poorly structured. The cartoons were haphazardly placed amongst philosophical quotes and random paraphrases. Just weird. I wouldn't recommend this at all.

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    Nietzsche For Beginners - Marc Sautet

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    riedrich Nierzsche was born in Röcken near Leipzig in Saxony on 15 October 1844.

    If we are to believe his grandmother, the Nietzsches were descended from . . .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    What we do know is that five generations of Nietzsche’s family produced 20 clergymen!

    His paternal grandfather, Friedrich August Ludwig (1756–1826), was an outstanding preacher . . .

    In 1796 Nietzsche’s grandfather was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Königsberg for his defence of Christianity (Gamaliel), written in an attempt to calm the spiritual unrest caused by the French Revolution.

    His father, Karl Ludwig (1813–1849), was also a pastor and tutor to the Duke of Saxony’s daughters. His parish had been given to him by the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV himself. But, alas!. . .

    Was this trauma fatal? . . . He died a year later.

    The son, whom he had adored, was heartbroken. From that moment on the young Nietzsche kept up a serious and dignified exterior, as if he had received a particularly lofty mission in life . . .

    1854

    The King of Prussia visited Naumburg, where Nietzsche’s family now lived.

    1855 The Tsar of Russia had plans for conquering Constantinople, the upshot of which was the Crimean War. The Russians were besieged at Sebastopol by the French and the English, who came to the aid of the Turks.

    At college, Fritz developed a political consciousness.

    In October 1858 Fritz won a scholarship to Schulpforra, a school for the children of the élite, which had a total of 200 pupils. The standard was high, and as for discipline . . .

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