Beyond Good and Evil (Penguin Classics)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Friedrich Nietzsche 著
• 出版社 Penguin Classics
• 出版时间 2003-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140449235
• 定价 92.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThisworkdramaticallyrejectsthetraditionofWesternthoughtwithitsnotionsoftruthandGod,goodandevil.NietzschedemonstratesthattheChristianworldissteepedinafalsepietyandinfectedwitha"slavemorality."Withwitandenergy,heturnsfromthiscritiquetoaphilosophythatcelebratesthepresentanddemandsthattheindividualimposestheirown"willtopower"upontheworld.

【作者简介】

ThephilosopherFriedrichNietzschewasborninPrussiain1844.Afterthedeathofhisfather,aLutheranminister,Nietzschewasraisedfromtheageoffivebyhismotherinahouseholdofwomen.In1869hewasappointedProfessorofClassicalPhilologyattheUniversityofBasel,wherehetaughtuntil1879whenpoorhealthforcedhimtoretire.Heneverrecoveredfromanervousbreakdownin1889anddiedelevenyearslater.Knownforsayingthat“godisdead,”Nietzschepropoundedhismetaphysicalconstructofthesuperiorityofthedisciplinedindividual(superman)livinginthepresentovertraditionalvaluesderivedfromChristianityanditsemphasisonheavenlyrewards.HisideaswereappropriatedbytheFascists,whoturnedhistheoriesintosocialrealitiesthathehadneverintended.
R.J.HollingdalehastranslatedelevenofNietzsche’sbooksandpublishedtwobooksabouthim.Hehasalsotranslatedworksby,amongothers,Schopenhauer,Goethe,E.T.A.Hoffmann,LichtenbergandTheodorFontane,manyoftheseforthePenguinClassics.HeisHonoraryPresidentoftheBritishNietzscheSociety,andwasfortheAustralianacademicyear1991VisitingFellowatTrinityCollege,Melbourne.
R.J.HollingdalehastranslatedelevenofNietzsche’sbooksandpublishedtwobooksabouthim.Hehasalsotranslatedworksby,amongothers,Schopenhauer,Goethe,E.T.A.Hoffmann,LichtenbergandTheodorFontane,manyoftheseforthePenguinClassics.HeisHonoraryPresidentoftheBritishNietzscheSociety,andwasfortheAustralianacademicyear1991VisitingFellowatTrinityCollege,Melbourne.