The great philosopher's major work on ethics, along with ECCE HOMO, Nietzche's remarkable review of his life and works. Translated by Walter Kaufmann.
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The great philosopher's major work on ethics, along with ECCE HOMO, Nietzche's remarkable review of his life and works. Translated by Walter Kaufmann.
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Douglas Smith is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Warwick. He is currently preparing a book on the reception of Nietzsche in France.
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This review is from: On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo (Paperback)
On The Geneology of Morals -- This work is clearest when read as a sequel to Beyond Good & Evil. I don't suggest starting here. The prose is more straightforward than BG&E, he is attemting polemic in essay form. Yet still, it is still a voice in your head, consipring with you, coaxing you toward understanding. Here, the prose style of BG&E becomes apparent. Ecce Homo -- This would seem like a very pretentious work. It is not. He comes off almost modestly here. This too, clears the air of all that is rotten about what has been said about him. It is as if he had guessed what evil things would be said about him. Especially if this is your first Nietzsche book, I suggest, instead of buying this, buying the Basic Writings of Nietzsche which contains these two books, as well as three others (Beyond Good & Evil, which is a better place to start anyway; The Birth of Tragedy, and The Case of Wagner), by the same translator, and which costs only a few dollars more now that it's out in paperback.
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the prime translation of a works not in need of many words.,
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This review is from: On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo (Paperback)
having read most of Nietzsche's works in bother german (my native tounge) and english, i must say that if one is unable to read one of the four greatest masters of the german language (with Goethe, Heine, Kafka), walter kaufman translations are the only works that come close to the style and intentions that Nietzsche (presumably) had. in other, especially early translations one can wittness a 'over-nietzschification' that puts supposed nietzschean intent or thought into the works and hence distorting language and content. kaufman, who is first a philosopher and secondly a translator does not fall into this trap. it can only enthusiastically be reccommended.
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A devastating critique of modernity.,
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This review is from: On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
Undoubtedly Nietzsche's most penetrating and philosophical work, the "Genealogy of Morals" is a shattering indictment of science, Judaeo-Christian morality and modern Western values such as liberalism, socialism and feminism. It identifies these phenomena with the reactive, self-preservative "ascetic ideal" - the oppressive "will to truth" - that aims to constrain and deny life. In opposition, Nietzsche propounds art and culture as a counteragent and champions the "Diyonisan tragic artist" who will affirm and celebrate life. - Also a pioneering text for deconstruction and poststructuralism in its analysis of historicism and interpretation.
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These English psychologists, whom one has also to thank for the only attempts hitherto to arrive at a history of the origin of morality-they themselves are no easy riddle; I confess that, as living riddles, they even possess one essential advantage over their books-they are interesting! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Ecce Homo, Portable Nietzsche, New York, The Birth of Tragedy, Kaufmann's Nietzsche, Richard Wagner, Twilight of the Idols, The Case of Wagner, Peter Gast, Walter Kaufmann, Friedrich Nietzsches Werke, Vintage Books, Karl Schlechta, Untimely Ones, Die Meistersinger, Garden City, Goethe's Faust, New Testament, Christian God, Herbert Spencer, Middle Ages, Princeton University Press, Random House, Wolfgang Rothe New!
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These English psychologists, whom one has also to thank for the only attempts hitherto to arrive at a history of the origin of morality-they themselves are no easy riddle; I confess that, as living riddles, they even possess one essential advantage over their books-they are interesting! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first immoralist, ascetic priest, great nausea, ascetic ideal, new tablets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ecce Homo, Portable Nietzsche, New York, The Birth of Tragedy, Kaufmann's Nietzsche, Richard Wagner, Twilight of the Idols, The Case of Wagner, Peter Gast, Walter Kaufmann, Friedrich Nietzsches Werke, Vintage Books, Karl Schlechta, Untimely Ones, Die Meistersinger, Garden City, Goethe's Faust, New Testament, Christian God, Herbert Spencer, Middle Ages, Princeton University Press, Random House, Wolfgang Rothe New!
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