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Twilight of the idols, or, how to philosophize with a hammer / Friedrich Nietzsche ; translated with an introduction and notes by Duncan Large.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford world's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Götzendämmerung. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Nietzsche intended Twilight of the Idols to serve as a short introduction to the whole of his philosophy, and to be the most synoptic of all his books. A masterpiece of polemic, this `great declaration of war' targets not only `eternal idols' like Socratic rationality and Christian morality but also their contemporary counterparts, as Nietzsche the `untimely man' goes roaming in the gloaming of nineteenth-century European culture. This brilliant new translation issupplemented by a detailed commentary on one of Neitzsche's most condensed works. - ;`Anyone who wants to gain a quick idea of how b
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Friedrich Nietzsche; TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS; Explanatory Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-158879-2
- 0-585-11076-X
- OCLC:
- 43476224
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