From Hegel to Nietzsche

This acknowledged classic is one of the most important works on nineteenth-century philosophy and intellectual history, and a philosophical and cultural history of that century and its impact upon the twentieth. Beginning with an examination of the relationship between Hegel and Goethe, Lvwith discusses how Hegel's students, particularly Marx and Kierkegaard, interpreted----or ...

This acknowledged classic is one of the most important works on nineteenth-century philosophy and intellectual history, and a philosophical and cultural history of that century and its impact upon the twentieth. Beginning with an examination of the relationship between Hegel and Goethe, Lvwith discusses how Hegel's students, particularly Marx and Kierkegaard, interpreted----or reinterpreted----their master's thought, and proceeds with an in-depth assessment of the other important philosophers, from Feuerbach, Stirner, and Schelling to Nietzsche.

卡尔·洛维特，德国人，生于1897年，青年时代在弗莱堡听过胡塞尔的授课，与海德格尔的关系一直处于亦师亦友之间。由于其犹太人身份，30年代开始流亡生涯，经意大利，日本，美国，50年代返德。一生著述遍涉神学，历史哲学，社会哲学和思想史研究，但无论生前或死后长期处于汉语（甚至英美）学界的视野之外。