The LRB Podcast

Close Readings: Nietzsche's 'Schopenhauer as Educator'

Jonathan Rée and James Wood discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's 1874 essay 'Schopenhauer as Educator' from the collection 'Untimely Meditations'. They examine Nietzsche’s views on Schopenhauer, as well as the text’s critique of the cultural, political, and academic climate of the era.

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