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Book Title: Nietzsche: An Introduction
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Gianni Vattimo
Publication Name: Nietzsche: an Introduction
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Ser.
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages