R. J. Hollingdale Livres

An entirely new translation of Nietzsche's fourth book, which falls in what is regarded as his "positivist" period. Especially notable for the advance it represents in his understanding of psychology.

Friedrich Nietzsche, né le 15 octobre 1844, a étudié à Bonn et Leipzig, se spécialisant en philologie classique. Sa rencontre avec Richard Wagner en 1868 a profondément influencé sa pensée, bien que leur amitié se soit détériorée en raison de la désapprobation de Nietzsche envers les Festivités de Bayreuth. En 1869, il est nommé professeur de philologie classique à Bâle, mais abandonne ce poste dix ans plus tard pour des raisons de santé. Il vit ensuite de sa pension, finançant de nombreux voyages en Suisse et en Italie, où il rédige ses œuvres philosophiques majeures. Nietzsche annonce le « décès de Dieu », décrit le concept du surhomme et plaide pour la réévaluation de toutes les valeurs, contribuant ainsi au nihilisme. Ses œuvres les plus célèbres incluent Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra et Ecce Homo. Dans les années 1880, ses souffrances physiques et mentales s'intensifient, culminant en 1889 avec un effondrement dont il ne se remettra pas. Il décède le 25 août 1900 à Weimar, sous les soins de sa mère et de sa sœur.

" A première vue, ce problème de la valeur de la pitié et de la morale de la pitié semble n'être qu'une question isolée, un point d'interrogation à part ; mais à celui qui s'arrêtera ici, qui apprendra à interroger ici, il arrivera ce qui m'est arrivé : une perspective nouvelle et immense s'ouvrira devant lui, la foi en la morale, en toute morale s'en trouvera ébranlée- enfin une nouvelle exigence se fera entendre. Nous avons besoin d'une critique des valeurs morales, il faut commencer par mettre en question la valeur même de ces valeurs, et cela suppose une connaissance telle qu'il n'en a pas existé jusqu'à présent et telle qu'on ne l'a même pas souhaitée. "

This is the second volume to appear in an edition that will be the first complete, critical, and annotated English translation of all of Nietzsche’s work. Volume 2: Unfashionable Observations, translated by Richard T. Gray, was published in 1995. The edition is a new English translation, by various hands, of the celebrated Colli-Montinari edition, which has been acclaimed as one of the most important works of scholarship in the humanities in the last quarter century. The original Italian edition was simultaneously published in French, German, and Japanese. This volume of Human, All Too Human, the first of two parts, is the earliest of Nietzsche’s works in which his philosophical concerns and methodologies can be glimpsed. In this work Nietzsche began to establish the intellectual difference from his own cultural milieu and time that makes him our contemporary. Published in 1878, it marks both a stylistic and an intellectual shift away from Nietzsche’s own youthful affiliation with Romantic excesses of German thought and culture typified by Wagnerian opera.

New to Penguin Classics, The Will to Power contains some of Nietzsche's most fascinating and combative writings on nihilism, metaphysics and the future of Europe. Assembled by Nietzsche's sister after his death, The Will to Power is a collection of the philosopher's reflections and theories taken from his unpublished notebooks. Covering topics such as nihilism, Christianity, morality, and the famous will to power, the book was controversially presented as Nietzsche's all-but-completed magnum opus containing his philosophical system. Including some of his most interesting metaphysical and epistemological thoughts, as well as some of his most disturbing ethical and political comments, the book would prove to have a significant influence on Nietzsche's contentious reception in the twentieth century. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

A collection of essays by Schopenhauer on the perception of the importance of art, morality and self awareness in a blind struggle against a Godless, meaningless world radically transformed our understanding of the individual and remains a searing vision of the human condition.

This was the first of Fontane's sixteen novels, most of which became classics of the realist genre. Set in Berlin, shortly before the Prussians rebelled against Napoleon, the novel resembles War and Peace. This World's Classics edition is the first and only available in Englishtranslation.

"Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings fromaEcce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness. "

The ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche argues that the meaning of existence is not religious

Literatura o Nietzschem je rozsáhlá a neustále se rozrůstá. Existuje množství různých a mnohdy nesmiřitelných teorií o jeho filosofii, ale R. J. Hollingdale se domnívá, že úvod k Nietzschemu by se neměl stát úvodem k jeho komentátorům a kritikům. Namísto polemik uvádí co nejvíce citací: účelem knihy je přimět čtenáře, aby si přečetl Nietzscheho sám a stal se sám sobě vykladačem jeho díla. Tato obsáhlá monografie o jedné z nejvýznamnějších postav filosofie 19. století, která měla obrovský vliv na sociokulturní formování století našeho, je považována odbornou veřejností za jednu z nejlepších na dané téma. Zvláštní pozornost autor věnuje vztahu mezi Nietzscheho filosofickým dílem a utvářením politických schémat a jejich pohybu, jež souvisely s oživováním zájmu o tohoto myslitele. Hollingdale neopomíjí ani další Nietzscheho aktivity: poezii, filologii či zájem o hudbu.