The Will to Power New Ed Edition

by Friedrich Nietzsche (Author), Walter Kaufmann (Editor, Translator), R. J. Hollingdale (Translator)

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Represents a selection from Nietzche's notebooks to find out what he wrote on nihilism, art, morality, religion, and the theory of knowledge, among others.

Nietzsche's notebooks, kept by him during his most productive years, offer a fascinating glimpse into the workshop and mind of a great thinker, and compare favorably with the notebooks of Gide and Kafka, Camus and Wittgenstein. The Will to Power, compiled from the notebooks, is one of the most famous boooks of the philosophy. Here is the first critical edition in any language.
Down through the Nazi period The Will to Power was often mistakenly considered to be Nietzche's crowning systematic labor; since World War II it has frequently been denigrated. In fact, it represents a stunning selection from Nietzsche's notebooks, in a a topical arrangement that enables the reader to find what Nietzsche's wrote on a variety of subjects.
Walter Kaufmann, in collaboration with R. J. Holilngdale, brings to this volume his unsurpassed skills as a Nietzsche translator and scholar. Professor Kaufmann has included an approximate date of each note. His running footnote commentary offers information needed to follow Nietzsche's train of thought, and indicates, among other things, which notes were eventually superseded by later formulations. The comprehensive index serves to guide the reader to the extraordinary riches of this book.

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Represents a selection from Nietzche's notebooks to find out what he wrote on nihilism, art, morality, religion, and the theory of knowledge, among others.

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The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Prussia in 1844. After the death of his father, a Lutheran minister, Nietzsche was raised from the age of five by his mother in a household of women. In 1869 he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, where he taught until 1879 when poor health forced him to retire. He never recovered from a nervous breakdown in 1889 and died eleven years later. Known for saying that “god is dead,” Nietzsche propounded his metaphysical construct of the superiority of the disciplined individual (superman) living in the present over traditional values derived from Christianity and its emphasis on heavenly rewards. His ideas were appropriated by the Fascists, who turned his theories into social realities that he had never intended.

Paperback: 608 pages
Publisher: Vintage; New Ed edition (August 12, 1968)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0394704371
ISBN-13: 978-0394704371
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 8 inches
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Luke E. Smith

A masterwork made more accessible

April 30, 2018

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I initially read Walter Kaufmann’s version, which is extremely scrupulous in its details. The translation however, was a bit outdated. This book’s translation is more up to date and easy to read for a young person, but lacks footnotes/translations of figures of speech - most of which are French. Nietzsche knew language very well. I don’t like the lack of footnotes, as some passages entirely in French would require a dictionary or manual input to google translate. For the layperson who isn’t particularity concerned about these details though, it’s not a big deal. The book is a complication of notes anyway, making it necessarily disordered.
Despite these details, having Nietzsche’s last years of work accessible in a book like this is a pleasure. You can flip into a page, and immediately have a taste of the man’s thoughts at the moment he wrote them, about 140 years ago. Incisive, vicious, and starkly intelligent, his ideas give me conviction and reinforce many of my own ideas about how the world works. I wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to add this to your collection, despite the risk of one of your more enlightened friends dismissing it as childish, or whatever else. You probably shouldn’t be talking to those people anyway.

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crip

Small print, large marine, why?

January 19, 2018

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This review is not based on content: based on print size... this copy’s print is VERY small, with large 1” margins on all sides of the page, they should have used the space on the page and used a bigger font size, I imagine it’s space for notations? But would rather use a notebook and have letters I don’t squint to look at.

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Longshanks563

If you haven't thoroughly pondered the ideas in this book ...

December 11, 2016

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If you haven't thoroughly pondered the ideas in this book, then you are probably out of touch with the nature of existence.

Kauffman provides a thoroughgoing context for interpreting Nietzsche, as usual—with his typical attempts at 'softening the blow', as it were. For instance, he likes to claim that whenever Nietzsche talks about "breeding" he doesn't mean "Social Darwinism", but rather, something more metaphorical. Sorry Kauffman, but that's a stretch.

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Robert L. Conde

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March 27, 2018

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this is not the complete "Will to Power" it is only the first half of the book. Beware.

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Exceptional

February 13, 2017

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I just finished reading this and my perspective and beliefs on life and the afterlife have forever been altered. This can easily be the most groundbreaking work ever written in philosophy and is guaranteed to reshape your deepest and fundamental beliefs on religion and philosophy. One of the challenges of this book is following the author's thought process, which is strenuous at times due to the nature of the text which are the notes from Nietzsche's journal and unfortunately they were never revised, so at times the passages seem disconnected and disorganized. With that aside, Nietzsche introduces and elaborates on countless thought provoking concepts that will challenge the opinions of yourself and prior philosophers before him.

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Joshua Leeger

Insightful

May 3, 2018

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For all of the negatives (esp. - this is not an “official work”) there is much insight int o Nietzschez thought to be gained from this collection of notes. If you’re deep into Nietzsche this is essential. If not, start reading in chronological order to understand his work, and supplement with Ansell-Pearson and del Caro

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Daniel Taylor

I now have the will power not to punch co-wokers

October 16, 2018

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Great book, I now have the will power to not say whats on my mind to my dumb co-workers. I also have been able to control my outburst in office meetings when someone asks something completely stupid. I am sure my co-workers appreciate more than anyone me reading this book, since I havent cussed anyone out in months.

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doris spears

Odd mix of abstractions that require a break for reflection every hour or so. Knowing a lot about world history helps.

June 26, 2018

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Fascinating read. Just goes to prove the adage, the more things change, the more they stay the same

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