Friedrich Nietzsche, Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen [Untimely Meditations]

David Gallagher (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

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Philosophy (any)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1873 - 1876

Places

Germany (Country of Origin)

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The genesis of the

Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen

[

Untimely Meditations

] is complicated, and the conception, reception, and publication history difficult to sum up briefly. Nietzsche originally planned 13 essays, but delivered only four claiming that completion of thirteen might have been more prejudicial to his health. The first was written to avenge a public humiliation of Wagner at the hands of the eminent theologian David Friedrich Strauss, best-known for his

Das Leben Jesu

[

The Life of Jesus

,1835-6], for persuading Ludwig II to sack a rival musician. The second meditation is often considered the most philosophically rewarding. The third and fourth meditations are retrospective paeans to Schopenhauer and Wagner respectively, paradoxically written at times when he no longer possessed his…

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Citation: Gallagher, David. "Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 October 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8568, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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