The History of the Theognidean Collection of Sayings : A New Reader's Edition

This work was printed by the Rheinisches Museum while Nietzsche was a student (one of 3 essays the Museum printed by Nietzsche) The original German title is "Zur Geschichte der Theognideischen Spruchsammlung" and was first printed in the "Rheinisches Museum für Philologie Neue Folge", in 1867. This work is Greek-heavy, as it is a pure Philology. Nietzsche wrote this essay at the University of Leipzig, after leaving the Theology department at the University of Bonn. This was a major shift in his focus, moving from Theology to Philology (studying ancient Greek texts), and then afterwards to Philosophy. After these years of intense study and publishing on ancient Greek texts, he becomes a professor at the University of Basel, where he begins lecturing on ancient Greek figures. He writes in his journals: I felt very comfortable here; Above all, I found a number of like-minded comrades with whom I soon formed a philological club. In it I gave five major lectures, the titles of which will be listed here. "The final redaction of the Theognidea", "The sources of Suidas", "The Aristotelian lists of writings", "The simultaneity of Homer and Hesiod", "The cynic Menipp and the Varronic satires". At Ritschl's instigation , the following essays were then printed in the Rheinisches Museum: "On the history of the Theognidean collection of sayings", "The Song of Danae of Simonides", "de Laertii Diogenis fontibus". In 1866 I set out to solve a prize task set by the philosophy faculty. I received the news in Naumburg that I was lucky to have done this. This new 2024 translation from the original German and Latin manuscript contains a new Afterword by the translator, a timeline of Nietzsche's life and works, an index with descriptions of his core concepts and summaries of his complete body of works. This translation is designed to allow the armchair philosopher to engage deeply with Nietzsche's works without having to be a full-time Academic. The language is modern and clean, with simplified sentence structures and diction to make Nietzsche's complex language and arguments as accessible as possible. This Reader's Edition also contains extra material that amplifies the manuscript with autobiographical, historical and linguistic context. This provides the reader a holistic view of this very enigmatic philosopher as both an introduction and an exploration of Nietzsche's works; from his general understanding of his philosophic project to an exploration of the depths of his metaphysics and unique contributions. This edition contains: ? An Afterword by the Translator on the history, impact and intellectual legacy of Nietzsche ? Translation notes on the original German manuscript ? An index of Philosophical concepts used by Nietzsche with a focus on Existentialism and Phenomenology ? A complete chronological list of Nietzsche's entire body of works ? A detailed timeline of Nietzsche's life journey

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

Publisher: Livraria Press

Publication Date: Aug 19, 2024

Number of Pages: 109 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 3689382157

ISBN-13: 9783689382155