Reviews for Nietzsche

The average rating for Nietzsche based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-09-29 00:00:00 Kurt Surber I really appreciated this (audio)book. As someone whom has over the years done Teaching Company, Modern Scholar, Philosophers in 90 minutes, etc lectures on Nietzsche specifically and philosophy in general it struck in the perfect spot. This work bypasses the usual biography on the person and digs in to the works and thinking -- and the impacts and legacy of those. It does a great job of teasing out where he drew his boundaries, how those shifted/softened a bit as he matured. I also very much gained a new appreciation on how the stresses the narrator added to the cited passages really helped grasp some (at times) thick material. I can't think of anything I'd want improved, thus 5 stars. I would not have complained with an additional hour or two of topics. I left wishing there was more.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-15 00:00:00 Bernie Johns A good - but not perfect - introduction to Nietzsche. Some comments: [*] The author seemed obsessed with the unnecessary repetition of simple explanations. I appreciate that some points are important but they don't need to be repeated two or three times. [*] There seemed to be an excessive focus on (in particular) Birth of Tragedy and his early work. [*] Very minor point: In discussing Schopenhauer, he seems unaware of the fact that Schopenhauer was a Buddhist and goes onto credit him with coming up with principles that form the basic tenets of Buddhism.