Podcast
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
They noted that Nietzsche's book sold only a few hundred copies in his lifetime yet became one of the most influential works of philosophy in the past 150 years.
So for example, Nietzsche's book, Beyond Good and Evil, I think it sold 200 copies in his lifetime. It was a cataclysmic failure, but it was maybe the most impactful book of philosophy in the last 150...
— Episode: 509. Retelling the Greatest Story Ever T...
Episode: 509. Retelling the Greatest Story Ever Told | Dall...
They noted that Nietzsche's book sold only a few hundred copies in his lifetime yet became one of the most influential works of philosophy in the past 150 years.
So for example, Nietzsche's book, Beyond Good and Evil, I think it sold 200 copies in his lifetime. It was a cataclysmic failure, but it was maybe the most impactful book of philosophy in the last 150 years.