The Gay Science With a Prelude in German Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs |
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Author:
| Nietzsche, Friedrich |
Editor:
| Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen |
Introduction by:
| Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen |
Translator:
| Nauckhoff, Josefine Del Caro, Adrian |
Contribution by:
| Ameriks, Karl Clarke, Desmond M. |
Series title: | Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-63159-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $131.95 |
Book Description:
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Nietzsche wrote The Gay Science, which he later described as 'perhaps my most personal book', when he was at the height of his intellectual powers, and the reader will find in it an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views most central to Nietzsche's own thought and most influential on later thinkers. This volume presents the work in a new translation by Josefine Nauckhoff, with an introduction by Bernard Williams that elucidates the work's main...
More DescriptionNietzsche wrote The Gay Science, which he later described as 'perhaps my most personal book', when he was at the height of his intellectual powers, and the reader will find in it an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views most central to Nietzsche's own thought and most influential on later thinkers. This volume presents the work in a new translation by Josefine Nauckhoff, with an introduction by Bernard Williams that elucidates the work's main themes and discusses their continuing importance.