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Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure", Breuer never expects that he, too, will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient.

Also sprach Zarathustra was conceived and written by Friedrich Nietzsche during the years 1881-1885; the first three Parts were published in 1883 and 1884. The book formed part of his "campaign against morality", in which Nietzsche explored the ethical consequences of the "death of God".

Internationally best-selling novelist Irvin D. Yalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 years. Using his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of Baruch Spinoza, the Jewish 17th-century secular philosopher, and of Alfred Rosenberg, outspoken Nazi ideologue, faithful servant of Hitler, the main author of racial policy for the Third Reich, and a godless mass murderer....

"Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Friedrich Nietzsche is a profound and influential philosophical work that follows the journey of Zarathustra, a sage who retreats into the mountains for solitude and enlightenment. After years of contemplation, Zarathustra returns to share his insights with humanity. Through a series of parables, discourses, and aphorisms, Zarathustra explores complex themes such as the death of God, the will to power, and the concept of the Übermensch, or superman.

Nella Vienna fin de siècle, abbandonato da Lou Salomé, giovane donna con cui ha condiviso un esaltante ménage à trois, Friedrich Nietzsche è in preda a una disperazione estrema che gli ha fatto tentare più volte il suicidio. Gli è accanto Joseph Breuer, stimato medico ebreo e futuro padre fondatore della psicanalisi, che sottopone il filosofo alle sue cure. Tra Breuer e Nietzsche, nel corso di numerose sedute, si instaura un dialogo serrato e coinvolgente.

Eine Ménage à trois zwischen Lou Andreas Salomé, Nietzsche und der Psychoanalyse. Das Wien des Fin de siècle: Die selbstbewusste junge Russin Lou Andreas Salomé drängt den angesehenen Arzt Josef Breuer, dem suizidgefährdeten Friedrich Nietzsche zu helfen und ihn von seiner zerstörerischen Obsession für sie zu kurieren.

Un deslumbrante estudio biográfico del mayor filósofo alemán del siglo XIX por uno de los autores de habla alemana más leídos del siglo XX. En esta vívida y elocuente biografía, Zweig evita en gran medida el discurso académico tradicional sobre la obra del filósofo, concentrándose por completo en Nietzsche como persona, sus hábitos, sus pasiones y sus obsesiones. Stefan Zweig describe la tragedia de la existencia de Nietzsche, su aislamiento del mundo, en el aislamiento autoimpuesto, de una manera extremadamente poderosa e impresionante.

Sommer 1881: Friedrich Nietzsche bricht in Sils Maria zu einer Wanderung auf, bei der sich etwas Ungeheures ereignen wird. Mit Leichtigkeit und Witz erzählt Thomas Hürlimann die Geschichte dieser Wanderung. Auf Nietzsches Spuren entführt er uns ins Hochgebirge der abendländischen Philosophie und in die Abgründe und Wunder unserer Existenz. Mit dabei: Nietzsches roter Regenschirm und ein zugelaufener Kater, von dem man allerhand lernen kann.