Conversations with Nietzsche: A Life in the Words of His Contemporaries - Softcover

Parent, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195067789 ISBN 13: 9780195067781

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Nietzsche's friend, the philosopher Paul Rée, once said that Nietzsche was more important for his letters than for his books, and even more important for his conversations than for his letters. In Conversations with Nietzsche, Sander Gilman and David Parent present a fascinating selection of eighty-seven memoirs, anecdotes, and informal recollections by friends and acquaintances of Nietzsche. Translated from the definitive German collection, Begegnungen mit Nietzsche, these biographical pieces--some of which have never before appeared in English--cover the entire span of Nietzsche's life: his boyhood friendships, his arrival at the University of Bonn, his appointment to professor at Basel at age twenty-four, the impact of The Birth of Tragedy, his friendship with Wagner, his life in Italy, his confinement at the Jena Sanatorium, and his death. They present the philosopher in dialogue with friends and acquaintances, and provide new insights into him as a thinker and as a commentator on his times, recounting his views on some of the greats of history, including Burckhardt, Goethe, Kant, Dostoevsky, Napoleon, and numerous others. In his selections, Gilman has carefully balanced documents concerning Nietzsche's personal life with others on his intellectual development, resulting in an entertaining and informative book that will appeal to a wide audience of educated readers.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In Conversation with Nietzsche, Sander Gilman and David Parent present a fascinating selection of memoirs, anecdotes, and informal recollections by friends and acquaintances of Nietzsche, translated by Parent from the definitive German collection. Gilman's selections carefully balance documents concerning Nietzsche's personal life with others on his intellectual development, resulting in an entertaining and informative book that will appeal to a wide audience of educated readers.

About the Author:

Sander L. Gilman is at Cornell University. David J. Parent is at Illinois State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0195067789
• ISBN 13: 9780195067781
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Gilman Sander L.