{"product_id":"thus-spake-zarathustra-9780879758615","title":"Thus Spake Zarathustra","description":"Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been proclaimed the seminal figure of modern philosophy as well as one of the most creative and critically influential geniuses in the history of secular thought. \"Writing in blood\" and \"philosophizing with a hammer,\" Nietzsche scathingly criticized modern civilization's basic ideas, beliefs, and values, and boldly proclaimed that \"God is dead,\" thereby fathering atheistic existentialism. Thus Spake Zarathustra is Nietzsche's masterpiece. Rich in irony, poetry, and symbolism, this unique volume presents the German philosopher's major concepts: the master and slave moralities, a pervasive will to power, the heroic overman transcending good and evil, and an eternal recurrence of the same dynamic universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.40w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879758615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE\u003c\/b\u003e was born on October 15, 1844, to the family of a Protestant minister in the town of Röcken, which is located in the Saxony-Anhalt region of what is now eastern Germany. After studing philosophy in Bonn and Leipzig, Nietzsche became a professor at the University of Basel, Switzerland, in 1869. Later he opted to become a Swiss citizen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile working in Switzerland, he published his first book, a literary work titled \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume was produced during Nietzsche's friendship with the composer Richard Wagner, though only a few years would pass before the two would part ways as a result of personal and intellectual differences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn failing health and unable to devote himself full time to both teaching and independent writing, Nietzsche chose to resign his university position. During the next decade he wrote such works as \u003ci\u003eThus Spake Zarathustra\u003c\/i\u003e (most of which appeared in 1883), \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), \u003ci\u003eGenealogy of Morals \u003c\/i\u003e(1887), \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e (1888), \u003ci\u003eAntichrist\u003c\/i\u003e (1888), and\u003ci\u003e Ecce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e (1888). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis collapse while in Turin, Italy, in early 1899, would prove the beginning of a long and arduous struggle with ill health and insanity. Nietzsche died in the care of his family in Weimar on August 25, 1900, just a few weeks prior to his fifty-sixth birthday. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNietzsche advocated the view that all humankind should reject otherworldliness and instead rely on its own creative potential to discover values that best serve the social good. His infamous \"superman\" or \"overman\" is one who has recognized how to channel individual passions in the direction of creative outlets. In rejecting the morality of the masses, Nietzsche celebrates the pursuit of classical virtues.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Prometheus Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40226906210419,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_33a7f9c0-d9ac-4576-93cb-e6aa85786fae.jpg?v=1656769652","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/thus-spake-zarathustra-9780879758615","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}