{"product_id":"what-a-philosopher-is-laurence-lampert-9780226488110","title":"What a Philosopher Is: Becoming Nietzsche","description":"The trajectory of Friedrich Nietzsche's thought has long presented a difficulty for the study of his philosophy. How did the young Nietzsche--classicist and ardent advocate of Wagner's cultural renewal--become the philosopher of Will to Power and the Eternal Return? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With this book, Laurence Lampert answers that question. He does so through his trademark technique of close readings of key works in Nietzsche's journey to philosophy: \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchopenhauer as Educator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRichard Wagner in Bayreuth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuman All Too Human\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"Sanctus Januarius,\" the final book of the 1882 \u003ci\u003eGay Science.\u003c\/i\u003e Relying partly on how Nietzsche himself characterized his books in his many autobiographical guides to the trajectory of his thought, Lampert sets each in the context of Nietzsche's writings as a whole, and looks at how they individually treat the question of what a philosopher is. Indispensable to his conclusions are the workbooks in which Nietzsche first recorded his advances, especially the 1881 workbook which shows him gradually gaining insights into the two foundations of his mature thinking. The result is the most complete picture we've had yet of the philosopher's development, one that gives us a Promethean Nietzsche, gaining knowledge even as he was expanding his thought to create new worlds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurence Lampert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022648811X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226488110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2018","brand":"Laurence Lampert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086413672703,"sku":"9780226488110","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5acff57c-5ea6-45a0-8f06-ad3a68e79b7d.jpg?v=1769094531","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-a-philosopher-is-laurence-lampert-9780226488110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}