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Nietzsche

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In 1999, I first came across the tape version of this in a library and being curious about Mr. N, took it home.

It was a revelation. I listened to it four times, each time getting more and more out of it.

(And Charlton Heston's voice is to die for.)

I felt I still hadn't extracted everything out of this and went looking for a written transcript of the recording, but I could not find any. I even tracked down and wrote to Richard Schact, but (naturally) he did not reply. I found some huge TOMES by him on Amazon, but did not pay them too much attention.

Time passed and in 2005, I wanted to listen to it again for some reason and this time found that the library had the CD version, identical otherwise in content to the tape version. Again, I was spellbound and listened to it another 3 times!

Finally I bought it from Amazon and now in 2011 have just listened to it again! Now I feel I have understood almost all of it. I also found that what the CD creators had done was to use Richard Schact's book Nietzsche (Nietzsche (Arguments of the Philosophers)) as the basis of this recording. (BTW, this was one of the aforementioned "TOMES" that I had previously paid no heed to.) For the CD, they used actors (great ones) for quotes that Schact uses in his book, and got rid of the detailed references and annotations that Schact provides in his book, but otherwise, it closely follows the book with a fidelity that is very, very impressive.

I bought the book as now I can go to it and find the quotes from the CD, together with the references.

All in all, these works by Schact on Nietzsche have profoundly impacted my thinking and work in AI.

I have studied Hitler and the Nazi movement and through that learned of Schopenhauer and then Nietzsch. I have to say I really enjoy Nietzsche. I would recommend getting a course like this ON him before reading works BY him. It makes it easier to understand. His ideas about morality is amazing. I do not agree with everything but 90% of what he has to say is so right on that I can't imagine studying philosophy without reading him.

Get this set plus get the Learning Company course on him. It shows up on online auction sites and may be here on amazon.

I couldnt believe Charleton Heston narrated this!

Cons: It could be longer and more in depth. The history about his sister was great to know too and also his mother and how they competed. Great stuff and well worth listening to.

I enjoy the two tape set very much. Often times, listening to spoken words has a different effect than reading them. I wake up to Nietzsche's reflections in the morning, by using these tapes in my clock/radio tape player.

I enjoy the two tape set very much. Often time, listening to spoken words has a different effect than reading them. I wake up to Nietzsche's reflections in the morning, by using these tapes in my clock/radio tape player.