![]() ![]() Without ignoring or downplaying the ugliness of many of Nietzsche’s proclamations, he set them in the context of his work as a whole and of the counterexamples yielded by a responsible reading of his books. Responding to the powerful myths and countermyths that had sprung up around Nietzsche, Kaufmann offered a patient, evenhanded account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Kaufmann rehabilitated Nietzsche nearly single-handedly, presenting his works as one of the great achievements of Western philosophy. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. ![]() Softcover.”This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. One superficial surface crease to the rear cover, else, bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding near fine. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1974. Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist. ![]()
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