Nietzsche's Teaching-轻识

The first comprehensive interpretation of Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra-an important and difficult text and the only book Nietzsche ever wrote with characters, events, setting, and a plot. Laurence Lampert's chapter-by-chapter commentary on Nietzsche's magnum opus clarifies not only Zarathustra's narrative structure but also the development of Nietzsche's thinking as a whole. "An impressive piece of scholarship. Insofar as it solves the riddle of Zarathustra in an unprecedented fashion, this study serves as an invaluable resource for all serious students of Nietzsche's philosophy. Lampert's persuasive and thorough interpretation is bound to spark a revival of interest in Zarathustra and raise the standards of Nietzsche scholarship in general."-Daniel W. Conway, Review of Metaphysics "A book of scholarship, filled with passion and concern for its text."-Tracy B. Strong, Review of Politics "This is the first genuine textual commentary on Zarathustra in English, and therewith a genuine reader's guide. It makes a significant and original contribution to its field."-Werner J. Dannhauser, Cornell University "This is a very valuable and carefully wrought study of a very complex and subtle poetic-philosophical work that provides access to Nietzsche's style of presenting his thought, as well as to his passionately affirmed values. Lampert's commentary and analysis of Zarathustra is so thorough and detailed...that it is the most useful English-language companion to Nietzsche's 'edifying' and intriguing work."-Choice Selected as one of Choice's outstanding academic books for 1988

劳伦斯·朗佩特（Laurence Lampert，1943-），加拿大人，1970年代在美国获得哲学博士学位，其后执教于印第安纳大学-普渡大学印第安纳波利斯分校（Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis），直至2005年荣休。朗佩特的学术研究一直围绕着尼采、施特劳斯和柏拉图，专注于细致解读三位大哲人的作品，著有《尼采的教诲》（1986）、《尼采与现时代》（1993）、《施特劳斯与尼采》（1996）、《尼采的使命》（2001）、《哲学如何成为苏格拉底式的》（2010）、《施特劳斯的持久重要性》（2013）。