- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; Reprint edition (April 1 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0195067789
- ISBN-13: 978-0195067781
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 517 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #708,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
These accounts of Nietzsche by acquaintances, translated from a larger German collection, give us recollections of conversations with Nietzsche and descriptions of him at all stages of his life. The informants include his mother and sister; friends such as Lou Salome; Pforta pupils; former teachers and students; colleagues and their wives; and walking and table companions. While much of this material will be familiar to readers of the standard biographies, some of the anecdotes from minor characters in Nietzsche's life will be of interest. Nietzsche would have been pleased that these accounts are given from very different "perspectives" and are invariably favorable. Richard Hogan, Philosophy Dept., Southeastern Massachusetts Univ., North Dartmouth
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"An exceedingly interesting, and often touching, collection of memories."--The New York Review of Books
"An excellent exposition of the life of Nietzsche as seen from the outside looking in. A nice complement to his own views of himself from the inside looking out."--Manuel Davenport, Texas AandM University
"Indispensable for senior students of Nietzsche."--Mark Migotti, University of Ottawa
"What sort of life emerges from this reading? A richer life, I think, than his biographers have been willing to grant....Since hero worshippers and then fascists depopulated the Zarathustra landscape, one can only be grateful to Gilman and his capable translator, David J. Parent, for repopulating that world again."--American Historical Review
"Not for Nietzsche scholars only, this exemplary collection is for anyone interested in a unique man, one as unforgettable for the exquisite fineness of his outer life as for the fire within."--Kirkus Reviews
"A valuable resource for Nietzsche research and is even a significant resource for information about the social history of the times....Enthusiastically recommended."--Choice
"Assembles for the first time a full panoply of reminiscences by people who had direct contact with Nietzsche throughout his life. It is also a thoroughly readable and very entertaining book for a more general audience."--Philip Grundlehner, Towson State University
"There is a wealth of fascinating and sometimes contradictory evidence about Nietzsche's life and times which, quite apart from its intrinsic interest, is all the more welcome for being, for the most part, translated into English here for the first time."--Magill's Literary Annual 1988
"An excellent exposition of the life of Nietzsche as seen from the outside looking in. A nice complement to his own views of himself from the inside looking out."--Manuel Davenport, Texas AandM University
"Indispensable for senior students of Nietzsche."--Mark Migotti, University of Ottawa
"What sort of life emerges from this reading? A richer life, I think, than his biographers have been willing to grant....Since hero worshippers and then fascists depopulated the Zarathustra landscape, one can only be grateful to Gilman and his capable translator, David J. Parent, for repopulating that world again."--American Historical Review
"Not for Nietzsche scholars only, this exemplary collection is for anyone interested in a unique man, one as unforgettable for the exquisite fineness of his outer life as for the fire within."--Kirkus Reviews
"A valuable resource for Nietzsche research and is even a significant resource for information about the social history of the times....Enthusiastically recommended."--Choice
"Assembles for the first time a full panoply of reminiscences by people who had direct contact with Nietzsche throughout his life. It is also a thoroughly readable and very entertaining book for a more general audience."--Philip Grundlehner, Towson State University
"There is a wealth of fascinating and sometimes contradictory evidence about Nietzsche's life and times which, quite apart from its intrinsic interest, is all the more welcome for being, for the most part, translated into English here for the first time."--Magill's Literary Annual 1988
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This review is from: Conversations with Nietzsche: A Life in the Words of His Contemporaries (Paperback)
Refreshingly different from a standard biographical work, it reads more like a series of interviews with the individuals that actually spent time with Nietzsche the social being, in contrast to a scholarly work of academia. Not a "classic" by any means, but indeed a nice addition to any Nietzsche library. Compares favorably to Middleton's *Selected Letters*.
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Book is about Nietsche as told by his friends. Friends that are family friends and his childhood friends and not professionals so you get more of their impression as him as a person rather than as a philosopher.
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This review is from: Conversations with Nietzsche: A Life in the Words of His Contemporaries (Paperback)
Refreshingly different from a standard biographical work, it reads more like a series of interviews with the individuals that actually spent time with Nietzsche the social being, in contrast to a scholarly work of academia. Not a "classic" by any means, but indeed a nice addition to any Nietzsche library. Compares favorably to Middleton's *Selected Letters*.
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This review is from: Conversations with Nietzsche: A Life in the Words of His Contemporaries (Paperback)
Book is about Nietsche as told by his friends. Friends that are family friends and his childhood friends and not professionals so you get more of their impression as him as a person rather than as a philosopher.
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