9780226486635-022648663X-Leo Strauss on Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" (The Leo Strauss Transcript Series)

Leo Strauss on Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" (The Leo Strauss Transcript Series)

ISBN-13: 9780226486635
ISBN-10: 022648663X
Edition: 1
Author: Leo Strauss, Richard L. Velkley
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover 304 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780226486635
ISBN-10: 022648663X
Edition: 1
Author: Leo Strauss, Richard L. Velkley
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover 304 pages

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Leo Strauss on Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" (The Leo Strauss Transcript Series) (ISBN-13: 9780226486635 and ISBN-10: 022648663X), written by authors Leo Strauss, Richard L. Velkley, was published by University of Chicago Press in 2017. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Modern (Philosophy, Political) books. You can easily purchase or rent Leo Strauss on Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" (The Leo Strauss Transcript Series) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Modern books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.86.

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Although Leo Strauss published little on Nietzsche, his lectures and correspondence demonstrate a deep critical engagement with Nietzsche’s thought. One of the richest contributions is a seminar on Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, taught in 1959 during Strauss’s tenure at the University of Chicago. In the lectures, Strauss draws important parallels between Nietzsche’s most important project and his own ongoing efforts to restore classical political philosophy.

With Leo Strauss on Nietzsche’s “Thus Spoke Zarathustra,” eminent Strauss scholar Richard L. Velkley presents Strauss’s lectures on Zarathustra with superb annotations that bring context and clarity to the critical role played by Nietzsche in shaping Strauss’s thought. In addition to the broad relationship between Nietzsche and political philosophy, Strauss adeptly guides readers through Heidegger’s confrontations with Nietzsche, laying out Heidegger’s critique of Nietzsche’s “will to power” while also showing how Heidegger can be read as a foil for his own reading of Nietzsche. The lectures also shed light on the relationship between Heidegger and Strauss, as both philosophers saw Nietzsche as a central figure for understanding the crisis of philosophy and Western civilization.
Strauss’s reading of Nietzsche is one of the important—yet little appreciated—philosophical inquiries of the past century, both an original interpretation of Nietzsche’s thought and a deep engagement with the core problems that modernity posed for political philosophy. It will be welcomed by anyone interested in the work of either philosopher.

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