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Reading Nietzsche

Oxford University Press, USA, 1990

Addressing the issue of how to read Nietzsche, this book presents an accessible series of essays for students and general readers on Nietzsche's individual works, written by such distinguished Nietzsche scholars as Frithjof Bergmann, Arthur Danto, Bernd Magnus, Christopher Middleton, Eric Blondel, Lars Gustaffson, Alexander Nehamas, Richard Schacht, Gary Shapiro, Hugh Silverman, and Ivan Soll. Among the works discussed are On the Genealogy of ...

A Short History of Philosophy

9 reviews
Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. Higgins

Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

Informative-Easy To Read-Worth Every Penny
For years I have gone about reading philosophy in a very haphazard fashion. Nietzche here, Plato there, Baudrillard here, you get the point. A Short History of Philosophy has helped me understand not only what the great (and minor) philosophers have said but in what conditions they lived. For those of you who have started as I, I can assure you that the puzzle makes much more sense when you start ...

World Philosophy: A Text with Readings

1 review
Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M Higgins

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1994

Broad brush by necessity
By necessity this book has to take a broad brush through the World's Philosophies. For example in Western Philosophy, Karl Marx gets one paragraph. This book should not be thought of a history or catalog of philosophers, but rather as a sampling from different cultures. A different author writes each of the 7 chapters, but most contain a glossary, further reading, and thought provoking study ...

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)

102 reviews
Friedrich Nietzsche

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2007

One of the most challenging works I have ever read
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (originally Also Sprach Zarathustra) is considered by some (myself included) to have been the crowning work of the nineteenth century German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900). Unlike most modern philosophical works, Zarathustra's format harkens back to the Bible and to the ancient Greek works such as Plato's dialogues. In it, Zarathustra wanders the ...

The Age of German Idealism: Routledge History of Philosophy Volume 6

Routledge, 2003

What Nietzsche Really Said

33 reviews
Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. Higgins

Schocken, 2001

Nietzsche Distilled and Made Accessible
Nietzsche is undoubtedly the most enigmatic, confusing, and ambiguous philosopher of all time. For most of us, we want answers, not more confusion. Fortunately, we have two very able individuals who have studied, analyzed, and understood Nietzsche, at least in a way that makes his insights accessible. They are Robert Solomon and Walter Kaufman. Solomon, an analytic philosopher by training and ...

Aesthetics in Perspective

2 reviews
Kathleen M. Higgins

Wadsworth Publishing, 2003

A better understanding of Aesthetics
This book is good for people that want to understand aesthetics in art. The book begins with plato and his thoughts of art, it moves to Hume, Nietzsche, and Kant. It has several indepths and a good analysis. It also looks at aesthetics in different societies.

From Africa to Zen: An Invitation to World Philosophy
Kathleen M. Higgins

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003

In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western philosophy, sixteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The essays unveil exciting, sophisticated philosophical traditions that are too often neglected in the western world. The contributors include the leading scholars in their fields, but they write for students coming to these concepts for the first time. Building on revisions and updates ...

A Passion for Wisdom: A Very Brief History of Philosophy

12 reviews
Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. Higgins

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Easily the best short introduction to philosophy I have read
This is a "concise version" of Solomon and Higgins's A Short History of Philosophy (1996) which wasn't all that short at 329 pages--well, for a history of philosophy actually it was kind of short. As the authors point out, a "short" history of philosophy (in German) by Hans Joachim Storig, runs to 750 pages, and Bertrand Russell's famous popular opus from 1945, A History of Philosophy was 895 ...

Nietzsche's Zarathustra

3 reviews
Kathleen M. Higgins

Temple Univ Pr, 1987

Great to read after and before Nietzsche's masterpiece.
In this book, Higgins does not act as your tour guide, as Alderman and Lampert do in their books, but rather is the one who has written the well thought out, beautifully illustrated catalog--the one that either makes you want to take the journey in the first place, or the one that shows you all the nice sites you might have missed along the way. But enough metaphors... This book is a ...

Thirteen Questions in Ethics and Social Philosophy
G. Lee Bowie, Kathleen M. Higgins, ...

Wadsworth Publishing, 1997

In response to rising student interest in multi-culturalism and to reflect the current issues of today, THIRTEEN QUESTIONS IN ETHICS AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY, Second Edition features articles and discussions on a variety of topics, from sexual harassment to medical ethics. Articles by authors from many different backgrounds are included, such as Sophocles, Bertrand Russell, Ellen Willis, and Catherine MacKinnon.

Eine kurze Geschichte der Philosophie.
Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. Higgins

Piper, 2000

The Music of Our Lives

2 reviews
Kathleen M. Higgins

Temple University Press, 1991

Music and ethics
A psychiatrist and amateur cellist, I salute Prof. Higgins for clearing the philosphical brush from the field of ethics and writing a sophisticated but clear and humane book for general readers. I learned much about 19th century thoughts and prejudices (Hanslick, especially), about sclerotic narrowing of philosophical categories, and the liberating but also disciplining aspects of music. Thank ...

The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love

4 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

University Press of Kansas, 1991

Totally applicable through the centuries....
For those of you who are interested in philospohy in general, this book is an excellent collection of briefs from philosphers from Plato to Firestone. The most interesting aspect of this text is that it addresses the subject that most philosophy books refuse to touch upon - LOVE. Most often, philosophers are associated with their views on religion, politics, or the basic human existence. This ...

From Africa to Zen
Robert C. Solomon

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1993

In "From Africa to Zen", twelve leading scholars of non-Western philosophy provide an exciting and sophisticated introduction to some of the great and often neglected philosophical traditions of the world.

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