ABSTRACT

Janko Lavrin's influential biography of Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1948, analyses the bond between Nietzsche's personal fate on the one hand and the trend of his thought on the other, set against the background of contemporary crisis typical of mankind in general.

chapter I|5 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter II|5 pages

THE ALCHEMY OF PAIN

chapter III|5 pages

‘OUT OF SEASON’

chapter IV|6 pages

THE ‘ARTIFICE OF SELF-PRESERVATION’

chapter V|5 pages

SELF-INQUISITION

chapter VI|6 pages

ON THE MARGINS OF THE SUPERMAN

chapter VII|6 pages

NIETZSCHE AND RELIGION

chapter VIII|5 pages

THE TWILIGHT OF GOD

chapter X|4 pages

‘NIETZSCHE-CAESAR’

chapter XI|5 pages

ZARATHUSTRA’S IMPASSE

chapter XII|4 pages

NIETZSCHE AND ANTIQUITY

chapter XIII|4 pages

NIETZSCHE AND EROTICS

chapter XIV|6 pages

NIETZSCHE AND POLITICS

chapter XVI|5 pages

NIETZSCHE AND DOSTOEVSKY