Nietzsche: An Introduction to the Understanding of His Philosophical Activity

by Karl Jaspers

Book Overview

Jaspers find Nietzsche's philosophy to be extraordinary not only because he foresaw all the monstrosities of the twentieth century, but also because he saw through them.

Nietzsche claimed to be a philosopher of the future, but he was appropriated as a philosopher of Nazism. His work inspired a long study by Martin Heidegger and essays by a host of lesser disciples attached to the Third Reich. In 1935, however, Karl Jaspers set out...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801857791
• ISBN13: 9780801857799
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"