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The Essay

On Holiday with Nietzsche

The Art of Ending

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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“Nietzsche and I crossed paths in an unexpected place not so long ago… Without meaning to, the two of us found ourselves occupying the same place at different times but at similar points in our lives.”

In this fifth and final essay of the series the writer Ken Hollings is in northern Italy, contemplating late Nietzsche and the human condition, in sickness and in health. Show less

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