On the Future of Our Educational Institutions [Paperback]

Friedrich Nietzsche (Author)

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Publication Date: December 15, 2009

"On the Future of Our Educational Institutions" was written by Friedrich Nietzsche, who is most famous to students of philosophy for stating that God was dead. Friedrich Nietzsche's influence had a lasting effect in many areas of study. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and philologist. "On the Future of Our Educational Institutions" was only one portion of his writings, which covered a wide scope of topics including religion, philosophy, morality, culture, and science. "On the Future of our Educational Institutions" resulted from a series of lectures that Nietzche gave in Bale, where he spoke about the future of education especially as it related to Germany.

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Grenke’s superb edition ... makes [a] most important early work available.... Grenke’s translation sets new standard of fidelity to Nietzsche’s thought. -- Susan Shell, Boston College

This new translation happily makes them readily available at long last to English-speaking readers. -- Richard Schacht, University of Illinois --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive German-language style and displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. His style and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth have resulted in much commentary and interpretation, mostly in the continental tradition, and to a lesser extent in analytic philosophy. His key ideas include the interpretation of tragedy as an affirmation of life, an eternal recurrence (which numerous commentators have re-interpreted), a rejection of Platonism and a repudiation of both Christianity and egalitarianism (especially in the form of democracy and socialism). Nietzsche began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. At the age of 24 he was appointed to the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel (the youngest individual yet to have held this position), but resigned in 1879 because of health problems, which would plague him for most of his life. In 1889 he exhibited symptoms of insanity, living out his remaining years in the care of his mother and sister until his death in 1900.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (December 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449975208
• ISBN-13: 978-1449975203
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,844,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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