What Is Nietzsche s Zarathustra? a Philosophical Confrontation

"In this book Heinrich Meier takes on the question of the meaning of Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, which has long proven controversial among readers. Meier closely examines the work to find a coherent structure and uncover the meanings in the figure of Zarathustra. By showing the unity in Zarathustra's life and teaching, Meier argues that the hidden architecture of the work reveals the development of self-knowledge for the philosopher. What Is Nietzsche's Zarathustra? A Philosophical Confrontation makes clear in its careful attention to the text that Nietzsche's deepest concern is with understanding himself and the world, rather than with a view of himself as a prophet"--

About the author

Heinrich Meier is director of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation in Munich, professor of philosophy at the University of Munich, and permanent visiting professor in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He is the author of nine books, including On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life and Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion. Justin Gottschalk holds a PhD from the University of California, San Diego.

Product details

• Authors: Justin Gottschalk, Heinrich Meier, Heinrich Gottschalk Meier, Meier Heinrich
• Assisted by: Justin Gottschalk (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780226581569
• ISBN: 978-0-226-58156-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800