The Portable Nietzsche

作者 Walter Kaufmann著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 1977年1月
ISBN 9780140150629
定价 148.00

内容简介

AaronElkinshasbeenhailedas"amaster"(TheDallasMorningNews)forhisEdgar(r)Award-winningGideonOlivermysteries.Now,inanoriginalnewnovel,heillustrateshowquicklyeverythingcangowrongwhenyouask:What'stheworstthatcanhappen?ForBryanBennett,designinghostagenegotiationprogramsistheperfectjob-aslongashekeepsasafe,theoreticaldistance.Whathecan'tdoisdealdirectlywithkidnappersortheirvictims,asaresultofhisownabductionandimprisonmentasasmallboy.Thirty-someyearslater,intensenightmaresstillplaguehissleep,andafearofenclosedspacespreventshimfromattemptingtotravel.SowhenBryan'sbossaskshimtoflytoReykjavik,Iceland,toteachhiscorporate-levelkidnappingandextortionseminar,heautomaticallysaysno.ButtheCEOofGlobalSeasFisheries,Inc.hasspecificallyrequestedBryan-ornooneelse.Bryanfinallyrelents...Fordecadeshe'streadedgingerlyaroundtheedgesofhisdeepestterrors.Now,onthistrip,Bryan'stakenhostageagainandmustfacehisfearsfull-on.Willherealizethatinthisbattleofwillandnerve,heishisowngreatestenemy?Orhasthisfightalreadybeenlost,yearsandyearsago?

作者简介

ThephilosopherFriedrichNietzschewasborninPrussiain1844.Afterthedeathofhisfather,aLutheranminister,Nietzschewasraisedfromtheageoffivebyhismotherinahouseholdofwomen.In1869hewasappointedProfessorofClassicalPhilologyattheUniversityofBasel,wherehetaughtuntil1879whenpoorhealthforcedhimtoretire.Heneverrecoveredfromanervousbreakdownin1889anddiedelevenyearslater.Knownforsayingthat“godisdead,”Nietzschepropoundedhismetaphysicalconstructofthesuperiorityofthedisciplinedindividual(superman)livinginthepresentovertraditionalvaluesderivedfromChristianityanditsemphasisonheavenlyrewards.HisideaswereappropriatedbytheFascists,whoturnedhistheoriesintosocialrealitiesthathehadneverintended.

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