Print version: Lampert, Laurence. What a philosopher is : becoming Nietzsche. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017 ISBN 9780226488110
Includes bibliographical references and index
Young Nietzsche in the service of Schopenhauer and Wagner. The Birth of Tragedy: Prometheus the knowing maker of culture -- Backgrounds of Schopenhauer as Educator -- What a philosopher is: Schopenhauer as Educator -- What an artist is: RIchard Wagner in Bayreuth -- A new public Nietzsche: Enlightenment optimist. Backgrounds of Things Human All Too Human -- The philosopher as free-minded Enlightenment optimist -- An Enlightenment optimist’s view of the future of morality, religion, and art -- An Enlightenment optimist’s view of the transformation of culture -- Nietzsche enters his mature philosophy. "Sanctus Januarius": the first work of Nietzsche’s maturity -- The opening of "Sanctus Januarius" -- The center of "Sanctus Januarius" -- Backgrounds to the center of "Sanctus Januarius" -- The ending of "Sanctus Januarius" -- Backgrounds to the ending of "Sanctus Januarius" -- Conclusion. the philosophy and art of Nietzsche’s maturity.