Hiking with Nietzsche : on becoming who you are / John Kaag.
2018
B3317 .K3195 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Hiking with Nietzsche : on becoming who you are / John Kaag.
Author
Kaag, John J., 1979- author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780374170011 (hardcover)
0374170010 (hardcover)
0374170010 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
255 pages : portrait, map ; 22 cm
Call Number
B3317 .K3195 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
193
Summary
"Hiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are is a tale of two philosophical journeys--one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later, in radically different circumstances: he is now a husband and father, and his wife and small child are in tow. Kaag sets off for the Swiss peaks above Sils Maria where Nietzsche wrote his landmark work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Both of Kaag's journeys are made in search of the wisdom at the core of Nietzsche's philosophy, yet they deliver him to radically different interpretations and, more crucially, revelations about the human condition. Just as Kaag's acclaimed debut, American Philosophy: A Love Story, seamlessly wove together his philosophical discoveries with his search for meaning, Hiking with Nietzsche is a fascinating exploration not only of Nietzsche's ideals but of how his experience of living relates to us as individuals in the twenty-first century. Bold, intimate, and rich with insight, Hiking with Nietzsche is about defeating complacency, balancing sanity and madness, and coming to grips with the unobtainable. As Kaag hikes, alone or with his family, but always with Nietzsche, he recognizes that even slipping can be instructive. It is in the process of climbing, and through the inevitable missteps, that one has the chance, in Nietzsche's words, to 'become who you are.'" --Publisher's description.
Kaag tells the tale of two philosophical journeys. One he made as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later: he is now a husband and father, and his wife and small child are in tow. Setting off for the Swiss peaks above Sils Maria where Nietzsche wrote his landmark work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, both of Kaag's journeys are made in search of the wisdom at the core of Nietzsche's philosophy, yet they deliver him to radically different interpretations and, more crucially, revelations about the human condition. -- adapted from publisher info
Kaag tells the tale of two philosophical journeys. One he made as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later: he is now a husband and father, and his wife and small child are in tow. Setting off for the Swiss peaks above Sils Maria where Nietzsche wrote his landmark work Thus Spoke Zarathustra, both of Kaag's journeys are made in search of the wisdom at the core of Nietzsche's philosophy, yet they deliver him to radically different interpretations and, more crucially, revelations about the human condition. -- adapted from publisher info
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: Parent mountains
How the journey began
Enduring companions
The last man
The eternal return
Zarathustra in love
On the mountain
On genealogy
Decadence and disgust
The abysmal hotel
The horse
Behold, the man
Steppenwolf
Become who you are
Epilogue: Morganstreich
Timeline of Nietzsche's life and writings.
How the journey began
Enduring companions
The last man
The eternal return
Zarathustra in love
On the mountain
On genealogy
Decadence and disgust
The abysmal hotel
The horse
Behold, the man
Steppenwolf
Become who you are
Epilogue: Morganstreich
Timeline of Nietzsche's life and writings.