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This was probably an honest mistake by Amazon's staff, but the cover image posted for this is for the Walter Kaufmann translation. Instead, the Kindle version is the Thomas Common version, which has been rejected for decades as a corrupt and inept representation of Nietzsche's thought. The Kaufmann translation is excellent; the Common translation for Kindle, however, is a sad mistake.
first: there is no info on what translation they used for this audio book. i give it 3 stars only for how good it was read. ALSO- BE FOREWARNED THAT THIS IS AN ABRIDGED VERSION. there is no explanation of what they left out or why in the notes. the reader does an excellent job, and the "intro narration" is kept to a minimum. if only they had included all the text.
That's the real human being driven by his own base instincts.For those of you who equal this book to Hitler and his nazis you are wrong. He understood everything about how to write a book but didn't understand his subject: Humans. Wonderful book, although Nietzche was as naive as hell. Nietzche intended a superhuman endowed with celestial qualities not a bunch of thugs and murderes as Hitler and his "friends" were. Humans tend naturally to evil (Sorry :-( ) He intended for man to better himself but how. Have you ever read "Notes from Underground" written by Dostoyevski. He, I'm certain, would be horrorized by what the nazis did and interpret and to what use they put his famous work. In my humble opinion, Nietzche didnñt live long enough to understand how vile humans can be.
True, it was only $0.99, but it's principle at work here. I now know the value of previewing the book before buying. Don't assume the book is formatted correctly for the Kindle because it's in the Kindle book store. I don't know about the other versions of the book offered, but this specific one (Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book For All And None) was entirely left-aligned (incorrectly, so that you'd have one whole line of text always followed by a half line, every two lines looked like the end of a paragraph) and had an unlinked TOC, making it a chore to simply get through the intro.Two'd because the content is classic, but the delivery is broken.
Great work by one of the greatest and controversial philosophical and philological minds in history. Difficult to really grasp without a supplemental reader but valuable piece for any philosophy collection.
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