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Liked It Rated 4 stars “Here are the Shelfari comments: The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, 'Few...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Here are the Shelfari comments:
  The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, 'Few writers in any age were so full of ideas', and few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The "Portable Nietzsche" includes Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: "Twilight of the Idols", "The Antichrist", "Nietzsche Contra Wagner" and "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development, versatility, and inexhaustibility. 'In this volume, one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive, passionate, and misunderstood writers in Western, or any, literature' - "Newsweek".
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  Bill C wrote this review 4 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “I was impressed with the Kaufmann translation, especially after reading the same collection in German. Nietzsche is a comfortable read for a philosopher and cultural anthropologist, much in the style of Marvin Harrison and Howard Bloom, today's equivalents.”

  Bill F wrote this review Monday, July 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “Funny, power-obsessed and fairly slow going. Read for a long ago philosophy class.”

  Sorella M wrote this review Sunday, July 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “this is my favorite book but, unfortunately, a guy tore my copy into pieces. maybe he wants to make a paper airplane or something. ”

  PI V NOJ wrote this review Friday, November 9 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “This book is one of the reason I became a philosophy major.”

  Rita Schiano wrote this review Tuesday, November 6 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No