[lbo-talk] Nietzche

[ravi]

On 8 Jun, 2007, at 10:28 AM, BklynMagus wrote:


> All this educated chat about Nietzche makes me
> want to read the old boy.  So I ask: which
> translation into English is best for someone
> who cannot tackle him in the original?

Krell's translation of Hidegger's Nietzsche volumes are interesting:

http://tinyurl.com/25ng5v

There is a fellow named Walter Kauffman who has made a career out of  
translating Nietzsche. Since I cannot read Nietzsche in original  
either, I cannot tell you if he (Kauffman) does a good job of it, but  
he is usually well thought of.

I am no Nietzsche scholar, but such lack of qualification has never  
impaired my pontifications on other matters, so in that vein, I  
recommend that you strongly resist the temptation to spend any time  
on Thus Spake Zarathustra. For quotability, laughs and fun, nothing  
can beat Beyond Good and Evil.

Enjoy,

	--ravi