Rating: ***
Tags: Essays, Philosophy, Lang:en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: June 28, 2014
Added: September 5, 2019
Modified: September 7, 2019
Summary
Sigit Purwadi's
Library - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844
– 1900) was a German philologist, philosopher, cultural
critic, poet and composer. He wrote several critical texts on
religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and
science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and
aphorism. Nietzsche's key ideas include the
Apollonian/Dionysian dichotomy, perspectivism, the Will to
Power, the "death of God", the Übermensch and eternal
recurrence. One of the key tenets of his philosophy is the
concept of "life-affirmation," which embraces the realities of
the world in which we live over the idea of a world beyond. It
further champions the creative powers of the individual to
strive beyond social, cultural, and moral contexts. His radical
questioning of the value and objectivity of truth has been the
focus of extensive commentary, and his influence remains
substantial, particularly in the continental philosophical
schools of existentialism, postmodernism, and
post-structuralism. His ideas of individual overcoming and
transcendence beyond structure and context have had a profound
impact on late-twentieth and early-twenty-first century
thinkers, who have used these concepts as points of departure
in the development of their philosophies. Most recently,
Nietzsche's reflections have been received in various
philosophical approaches which which move beyond humanism, e.g.
metahumanism, posthumanism, transhumanism. In this book:
Beyond Good and Evil Translator: Helen Zimmern
Thus Spake Zarathustra, A Book for All and
None Translator: Thomas Common
The Antichrist Translator: H. L. Mencken
Thoughts out of Season Translator: Oscar Levy
On the Future of our Educational Institutions
Translator: Oscar Levy
The Dawn of Day Translator: John McFarland
Kennedy
The Birth of Tragedy or Hellenism and
Pessimism Translator: William August Haussmann
The Genealogy of Morals Translator: Horace B.
Samuel**