Philosophy and Truth: Selections from Nietzsche's Notebooks of the Early 1870's

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Original Work

Complete Works

Translator

Daniel Breazeale

Editor

Daniel Breazeale

Language

English

Year

1992

Publisher

Humanities Press

Country

United States

Pages

165

ISBN

9780391036710

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"Philosophy and Truth offers the first English translation of six unpublished theoretical studies (sometimes referred to as Nietzsche's 'Philosopher's Book') written just after the publication of The Birth of Tragedy and simultaneously with Untimely Meditations. In addition to the texts themselves, which probe epistemological problems on philosophy's relation to art and culture, this book contains a lengthy introduction that provides the biographical and philological information necessary for understanding these often fragmentary texts. The introduction also includes a helpful discussion of Nietzsche's early views concerning culture, knowledge, philosophy and the Greeks. In his analysis of these unpublished Notebooks, Dr. Breazeale argues for their importance in the interpretation of Nietzsche's mature philosophy, as well as for any proper appreciation of the continuity of Nietzsche's intellectual development. Students of Nietzsche's thought will benefit from the new light the Notebooks shed on Nietzsche's entire philosophy and for the student of Nietzsche's theory of knowledge and his notion of philosophy, these texts are simple indispensable."--from the back cover.— Google Books