Nietzsche- Ecce Homo (tr by Duncan Large)

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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsECCEHOMOFriedrichNietzsche(1844–1900)wasborninRöcken,Saxony,andeducatedattheuniversitiesofBonnandLeipzig.Attheageofonly24hewasappointedProfessorofClassicalPhilologyattheUniversityofBasle,butprolongedboutsofillhealthforcedhimtoresignfromhispostin1879.Overthenextdecadehes

2、huttledbetweentheSwissAlpsandtheMediterraneancoast,devotinghim-selfentirelytothinkingandwriting.Hisearlybooksandpamphlets(TheBirthofTragedy,UntimelyMeditations)wereheavilyinfluencedbyWagnerandSchopenhauer,butfromHuman,AllTooHuman(1878)on,histhoughtbegantodevelopmoreindependently,andhepublish

3、edaseriesofground-breakingphilosophicalworks(TheGayScience,ThusSpokeZarathustra,BeyondGoodandEvil,OntheGenealogyofMorals)whichculminatedinafrenzyofproductionintheclosingmonthsof1888.InJanuary1889Nietzschesufferedamentalbreakdownfromwhichhewasnevertorecover,andhediedinWeimarelevenyearslater.E

4、cceHomo(1888)isamischievouslyprovocativeautobiography,ablasphemousexerciseinself-stylinginwhichhereviewshislifeandworkfroma‘divine’perspectiveofabsoluteaffirmation.DuncanLarge,formerChairmanoftheFriedrichNietzscheSociety,isReaderinGermanatSwanseaUniversity.Hehastrans-latedNietzsche’sTwilighto

5、ftheIdolsforOxfordWorld’sClassics(1998)andco-edited(withKeithAnsellPearson)TheNietzscheReader(Blackwell,2005).HeistheauthorofNietzscheandProust:AComparativeStudy(OxfordUniversityPress,2001)andiscurrentlycompletingamonographonNietzsche’sRenaissanceFigures.oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100years

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