Nietzsche in Turin

The End of the Future

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Pub Date 28 Jun 2022 | Archive Date 8 May 2022

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Beautifully packaged reissue of the vividly lyrical biography of Nietzsche that John Banville called 'a major intellectual event'

In 1888, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche moved to Turin. This would be the year in which he wrote three of his greatest works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, and Ecce Homo; it would also be his last year of writing. He suffered a debilitating nervous breakdown in the first days of the following year.

In this probing, elegant biography of that pivotal year, Lesley Chamberlain undoes popular clichés and misconceptions about Nietzsche by offering a deeply complex approach to his character and work.
 
Focusing as much on Nietzsche's daily habits, anxieties and insecurities as on the development of his philosophy, Nietzsche in Turin offers a uniquely lively portrait of the great thinker, and of the furiously productive days that preceded his decline.
Beautifully packaged reissue of the vividly lyrical biography of Nietzsche that John Banville called 'a major intellectual event'

In 1888, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche moved to Turin. This...

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PAGES 256

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Part biography, part critical analysis and commentary on the work and part an attempt to humanise Nietzsche, this well-written and well-researched book explores in particular the last productive year of Nietzsche’s life, which he spent in Turin. During that year he wrote some of his most important works; The Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist and Ecce Homo. Tragically he suffered a complete nervous breakdown the following year and stopped being able to write. I’m not best qualified to talk about Nietzsche's thinking but I found that the book brought Nietzsche the man to life, and made him a sympathetic character to whom I could relate. Not an easy read when considering Nietzsche’s philosophy but accessible and readable when talking about his daily activities, his friendships, his anxieties and his conflicts.

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