Unmodern Observations

426 Pages·1990·10.302 MB·English

by  Friedrich Nietzsche, William Arrowsmith

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UNMODERN
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Unmodern
Observations

Unmodern
Unzeitgemasse
Betrachtungen
Observations
Friedrich
William
Arrowsmith
Nietzsche
General Editor
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Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
[Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen. English)
Unmodern observations I Friedrich Nietzsche:
William Arrowsmith, general editor.
p. cm.
Translation of: Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-300-04311-2
1. Strauss, David Friedrich, 1808-1874.
2. History-Study and teaching. 3. Schopenhauer,
Arthur, 1788-1860. 4. Wagner, Richard, 1813-
1883. I. Arrowsmith, William, 1924- II. Title.
B3313.u52E5 1990
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versions would never have been done

Contents
ix Abbreviations ofN ietzsche's Works
xi Foreword
William Arrowsmith
I David Strauss: Writer and Confessor
Introduction by Herbert Golder
Translation by Herbert Golder
73 History in the Service and Disservice ofL ife
Introduction by We mer Dannhauser
Translation by Gary Brown
147 Schopenhauer as Educator
Introduction by Richard Schacht
Translation by William Arrowsmith
227 Richard Wagner in Bayreuth
Introduction by Gary Brown
Translation by Gary Brown
We Classicists
Introduction by William Arrowsmith
Translation by William Arrowsmith
About the Contributors
391 Index