Nietzsche as philosopher

by Arthur C. Danto

Book Overview

Few philosophers are as widely read or as widely misunderstood as Friedrich Nietzsche. When Danto's classic study was first published in 1965, many regarded Nietzsche as a brilliant but somewhat... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007GSG58
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A sober reading of Nietzsche

There are some wild readings of Nietzsche out there (nothing wrong with that), but in this book Danto works out of the British/American more conservative school of philosophy and tries to discover if there is a logical system to Nietzsche's works. Danto is one of the most readable philosophers out there, and is sensitive to the problems of systemizing Nietzsche. Overall a nice antidote to give to overzealous intellectuals who read a little Nietzsche and then feel qualified to start calling themselves one of the ubermensch.