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First published in Great Britain by Granta Books 2002
Originally published in Germany as Nietzsche. Biographie Seines Denkens
by Cad Hanser Verlag Muenchen Wien, 2000
Published in die US by WW. Norton & Company, Inc.» 2002
Copyright Θ 2002 by Rüdiger Safranski
English translation copyright © 2002 by Shelly Frisch
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ISBN 1 86207 506 9
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