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Soubor Kafkových kratších próz. Obsahuje povídky Proměna, Ortel, Topič, V Kárném táboře a další texty vydané za jeho života.

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Musí velký básník prožít velké trauma, aby se rozepsal? V případě Franze Wurma tomu tak bylo. Jako dítě za války doslova ztratil svou rodnou řeč. A když ji postupem času nacházel — v anglické podobě u pěstounů — nacházel ji ve formě básní, hudebních básní, jeho nadšení pro hudbu se do nich jednoznačně vepsalo. Jeho poezie vytváří „děje“ přímo z jazyka, už v něm hledá a pátrá po vyjádření vztahu, hrubiánství, útočnosti i útěšnosti nikoli na ulici, nýbrž mezi slovy. Franz Wurm nám poskytuje příklad dvou různých pólů poetiky, ke kterým během svého života dospěl. Jeho výpověď odehrává kdesi vzadu, hlouběji v jazyce…

In "Über Wahrheit und Lüge" untersucht Nietzsche die Entstehung der Sprache und deren Bedeutung für menschliche Erkenntnis. Diese überarbeitete kommentierte Ausgabe bietet eine präzise Wiedergabe des Textes, eine historische Einordnung, eine Analyse der Argumentationsstruktur sowie Informationen über den Autor und relevante Literatur.

Nietzsche wrote The Gay Science, which he later described as 'perhaps my most personal book', when he was at the height of his intellectual powers, and the reader will find in it an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views which were most central to Nietzsche's own thought and which have been most influential on later thinkers. These include the death of God, the problem of nihilism, the role of truth, falsity and the will-to-truth in human life, the doctrine of the eternal recurrence, and the question of the proper attitude to adopt toward human suffering and toward human achievement. This volume presents the work in a new translation by Josefine Nauckhoff, with an introduction by Bernard Williams that elucidates the work's main themes and discusses their continuing philosophical importance.

Napínavý příběh, v němž studenti kriminalistiky otevřou zdánlivě vyřešený případ vícenásobného vraha.

An entirely new translation of Nietzsche's fourth book, which falls in what is regarded as his "positivist" period. Especially notable for the advance it represents in his understanding of psychology.

One of the most remarkable and influential books of the nineteenth century—Nietzsche's attempt to sum up his philosophy. In nine parts the book is designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of Nietzsche's thought and style: they span "The Prejudices of Philsophers," "The Free Spirit," religion, morals, scholarship, "Our Virtues," "Peoples and Fatherlands," and "What Is Noble," as well as epigrams and a concluding poem. This translation by Walter Kaufmann has become the standard one, for accuracy and fidelity to the eccentricities and grace of the style of the original. The translation is based on the only edition Nietzsche himself published, and all variant reading in later editions. This volume offers an inclusive index of subjects and persons, as well as a running footnote commentary on the text.

Das Gedicht heute behauptet sich am Rande seiner selbst; es ruft und holt sich, um bestehen zu können, unausgesetzt aus seinem Schon-nicht-mehr in sein Immer-noch zurück. Das Gedicht ist einsam. Es ist einsam und unterwegs. Das Gedicht will zu einem Andern, es braucht dieses Andere, es braucht ein Gegenüber. Es sucht es auf, es spricht sich ihm zu. Paul Celan

Masterful translations of the great philosopher’s major work on ethics, along with his own remarkable review of his life and works. On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) shows Nietzsche using philsophy, psychology, and classical philology in an effort to give new direction to an ancient discipline. The work consists of three essays. The first contrasts master morality and slave morality and indicates how the term "good" has widely different meanings in each. The second inquiry deals with guilt and the bad conscience; the third with ascetic ideals—not only in religion but also in the academy. Ecce Homo, written in 1898 and first published posthumously in 1908, is Nietzsche's review of his life and works. It contains chapters on all the books he himself published. His interpretations are as fascinating as they are invaluable. Nothing Nietzsche wrote is more stunning stylistically or as a human document. Walter Kaufmann's translations are faithful of the word and spirit of Nietzsche, and his running footnote commentaries on both books are more comprehensive than those in his other Nietzsche translations because these two works have been so widely misunderstood.