/lit/ - Literature

Zarathustra is almost untranslatable, and to be kind, it is far from Nietzsche's best work. To be unkind, it is a load of pompous drivel unworthy of one's time or energy. Stay away from the Stanford edition translations. They are made by 'scholars' who have abysmal translation skills. Kaufmann's translations vary in quality; his collaborations with Hollingdale (Genealogy of Morals and Will to Power) are among the worst published under his name. His translation of Gay Science is probably his best work (but even so, it can be improved upon substantially, as I know, since I am currently at work preparing a new one). Hollingdale's translations are often mechanical and lacking in the very qualities that lead one to read Nietzsche in the first place. My translation of the Genealogy of Morals, if I may brag a little, is by far the best. The author of the comment below about the 'terrible' 19th century translations is misinformed. There were only a couple of translations that appeared before 1900. Many of the translations published as part of the Oscar Levy 'Complete Works' (which appeared in 1911) are quite good and in some cases better than more recent ones.

Michael Wellbeck

Dear Professor Vacariu

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We welcome the academic and philosophy communities with open arms. Please contact me, let's collaborate ASAP. Thanks for bringing this issue out into the open as well.

watchmen
and a green tea

the universe is an animal.
It creates life and destroys it without thought.
your friend has passed. the universe doesn't care.
nobody exists on purpose.
but it is your choice, on how you want to continue your legacy.
I do recommend reading up on optimistic nihilism.
I am sorry about your friend, that is really sad :(

I dedicate about 30 minutes of my day to reading, writing, and studying german.
pic of the book I am Reading

>>14861931
Hitler was neither good or bad
I do believe that Hitler hadn't realized what he'd done to the jews until after the war was lost

our high school English teacher is having us read this book
I am about 180 pages in, it's a pretty good book, in my opinion, I want to know what you guys think

>>14861727
he is german

I have to concur with you Anon, although some of these "doomer" posts hold a very minuscule amount of comedic value, they mostly comprise of meaningless "brain popcorn".

>>14715728
Well, i work for myself. I run my own business. I have noticed that you have considerable troll problems here. Anyway. I will leave the thread here. Then you can can have a look at the site if you have the time. I actually post in a lot of forums. I have seen a lot of strange things online. I am a political moderate in every sense, and I am too stubborn to be radicalized online.

>>14715648
I am just dsicovering Japanese literature. I really like Akutagawa. So I made a reading of his short story Rashomon, and posted it on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSdMQkdmBgI

>>14715562
While i have your attention, I would like to reccomend a noir writer called Margie Harris . She wrote pulp fiction in the gangster /tarantino genre in the 1930s . Check out John Locke's collection of her stories "Queen of the gangsters" She wont disappoint if you like noir fiction.

>>14715605
No, i am not a philosophy major. My own speciality at university was Darwinism, Spencer and nineteenth century fiction. That's what i took my degree on

>>14715595
I have a day dedicated to WWII on my radio station, Mondays CET. There are discussions, stuff from the holocaust centres and so on.

>>14715583
No I have never been here before. I just googled my way here

>>14715535
Haha, I will google him at least. I have studied a little French. I am able to read it. I also enjoy some of their literature. Camus is one of my favorites, next to good old jules Verne and the Belgian Rosny brothers.

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum, which means I dont know anything about what goes on in here. I tried making a post just now, but I think I needed to post an image? So here is a second attempt.

I run a small educational radio & blog called https://historyradio.org/ that tries to promote knwledge of literary classics. There aren't a lot of opinions on my site and in my radiostream, just radioplays, readings of various literature and documentaries. I don't make any money from this site, I am just a former English teacher who runs it as a hobby.

Have a look, and feel free to provide feedback in this thread.

Also, I am not sure whether I violate any forum rules by posting this. Let me know, and i won't do it again.

>>14071085

Who can translate this song from Latin ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a32JN3PIN-c

>>12349999
Man you need to read the Infinite Story by Michael Ende.
The Best Fantasy book I have ever read. And Michael Ende counts as one of the best authores of the last century.

>>12348742
I can see you a man of culture as well.