What Nietzsche Taught

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What Nietzsche Taught

by Willard Huntington Wright

EN·~9 hours·3 chapters

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3 total
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What Nietzsche Taught - By - Willard Huntington Wright

9:03:02
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New York - B. W. Huebsch - 1915

0:44
3

INTRODUCTION

17:50

Description

This volume opens a clear‑sighted guide to Friedrich Nietzsche’s radical philosophy, inviting listeners to step beyond the familiar sound‑bites and discover the thinker’s true aims. It traces how his provocative ideas—born of a restless, poetic mind—have quietly reshaped literature, ethics, politics, and even education across Europe and America. By placing each aphorism within the broader context of his work, the author reveals why the “superman” concept is less a fantasy than a call to confront the conditions of everyday life.

The narrative then unpacks the common misconceptions that have long clouded Nietzsche’s legacy, showing how selective quoting and hostile reinterpretations have distorted his message. Readers will come away with a balanced portrait of a philosopher who was neither merely a destroyer nor an unattainable visionary, but a thinker whose insights into power, morality, and human potential remain startlingly relevant today.

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en

Duration

~9 hours (539K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon in an extended version, also linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's, educational materials,...) Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.

Release date

2016-11-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Willard Huntington Wright

Willard Huntington Wright

1888–1939

Best known under the pen name S. S. Van Dine, this early 20th-century writer helped shape the classic detective novel with his polished, puzzle-filled Philo Vance stories. Before turning to crime fiction, he built a reputation as an art and literary critic in modernist circles.

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