Schopenhauer As Educator
Author | : Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 2018-01-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 1983689009 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781983689000 |
Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher. His writing included critiques of religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, using a distinctive style and displaying a fondness for aphorism. Nietzsche s influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. Nietzsche's Third Untimely Meditation is not only his homage to Schopenhauer, but a reflection on education in the most comprehensive sense. Many of Nietzsche's writings aimed at instructing the modern world on how to philosophize with a sledgehammer, but the premise of the Third Meditation is altogether more gentle, namely the singular marvel that is every human being.