1st Edition

Friedrich Nietzsche

By H.L. Mencken Copyright 1993
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

The decisive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on H.L. Mencken is readily acknowledged in the vast literature on the great American journalist and social critic. However, Mencken's 1908 study of the philosopher has been relegated to footnote status by Mencken's critics and biographers and has been largely ignored by Nietzsche scholars. There are good reasons for reversing this judgment. Mencken's... Read more
Nietzsche the Man; I: Friedrich Nietzsche; II: The Beginnings of the Philosopher; III: Blazing a New Path; IV: The Prophet of the Superman; V: The Philosopher and the Man; Nietzsche The Philosopher; I: Dionysus Versus Apollo; II: The Origin of Morality; III: Beyond Good and Evil; IV: The Superman; V: Eternal Recurrence; VI: Christianity; VII: Truth; VIII: Civilization; IX: Women And Marriage; X: Government; XI: Crime And Punishment; XII: Education; XIII: Sundry ideas; XIV: Nietzsche VS. Wagner; Nietzsche The Prophet; I: Nietzsche’s Origins; II: Nietzsche And His Critics; How To Study Nietzsche

Biography

H.L. Mencken