{"product_id":"nietzsche-awakens-matching-wits-with-friedrich-9781951082017","title":"Nietzsche Awakens!: Matching Wits with Friedrich","description":"For\u003cbr\u003ethose who value mental fitness, Nietzsche Awakens! by Farid Younes is an\u003cbr\u003eessential read. In this slim volume, the author reworks all of Nietzsche's\u003cbr\u003efamous aphorisms . . . Why not? . . . and then invites Nietzsche himself to\u003cbr\u003erespond!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFarid\u003cbr\u003eYounes is a philosopher, architect, and college professor who makes his home in\u003cbr\u003eByblos, a coastal town in northern Lebanon. He lived through both the Lebanese\u003cbr\u003eand now the Syrian civil wars. Like all Lebanese, he has plenty of\u003cbr\u003e\"serious\" in his life. The need for him and other Lebanese is to find\u003cbr\u003ethe distance needed to cope and if possible to move events and circumstances in\u003cbr\u003ea better direction.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBR\u0026gt;\/\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eNietzsche Awakens!\u003c\/i\u003e is a refined and disciplined version\u003cbr\u003eof a coffee house like the famous \"Haven--The Cabin\" that rests on a\u003cbr\u003eByblos hilltop looking out over the Mediterranean.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBR\u0026gt;\/\u0026gt; Here, the author's neighbors meditate over their chess boards or\u003cbr\u003echat quietly and put the pieces of their world back together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNietzsche Awakens!\u003c\/i\u003e is a mind game, that could almost have\u003cbr\u003ebeen lifted from conversations in The Cabin. It is the author's invitation to\u003cbr\u003eeach of us to test and tone our intellect, to use our intelligence to create\u003cbr\u003eclever word play and to define razor sharp slices of meaning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBR\u0026gt;\/\u0026gt; At a certain point, the parlor game of this book reaches depths that\u003cbr\u003eNietzsche (a famously troubled soul) experienced in his own life--depths that\u003cbr\u003eFarid Younes and his fellow citizens know all too well. Farid's discourse is a\u003cbr\u003eprecise and rarefied melody that floats through his book . . . and yet his text\u003cbr\u003ehas a base line, far below, that is sensed rather than read, felt more than\u003cbr\u003eheard: it is visceral, a physical pressure, a movement of darkness. It is the\u003cbr\u003etangible mental byproduct of the unspeakable cruelty and carnage of war and the\u003cbr\u003edespair of refugees who line the Lebanese streets. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBR\u0026gt;\/\u0026gt;Where are we . . . who are we . . . if our minds do not work? Mental\u003cbr\u003efitness can be a gift, but it is also an obligation of each one of us to\u003cbr\u003eourselves, our families, our communities\u003cbr\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBR\u0026gt;\/\u0026gt; As the Muslim and Christian knights of Crusader times battled for their\u003cbr\u003eidea of truth in these steep mountains above the Mediterranean, today humanity\u003cbr\u003eitself is called to combat the prejudice, stupidity, rigid thinking, blatant\u003cbr\u003eself-dealing, and the other idiocies that prevent us from addressing the primary\u003cbr\u003echallenges of our time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBR\u0026gt;\/\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eNietzsche Awakens!\u003ci\u003e is a vigorous mental work out . .\u003cbr\u003e. with much more below the surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Farid Younes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cune Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951082017\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFarid Younes\u003c\/b\u003e is an architect, urban planner, college professor and philosopher who lives in the northern Lebanese city of Byblos and who lived through both the Lebanese and the Syrian Civil Wars. He has published several academic books. \u003ci\u003eNietzsche Awakens!\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is he first effort to popularize his love of word play, ideas, intellect, and the redeeming power of intelligent human interaction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cune Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39829131034739,"sku":"9781951082017","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fdeae62b-c5dd-4af6-8e8d-cfb2041cf8d1.jpg?v=1644609354","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/nietzsche-awakens-matching-wits-with-friedrich-9781951082017","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}