Project gutenberg offers 59,547 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. A central irony of the text is that nietzsche mimics the style of the bible in order to present ideas which fundamentally oppose christian and jewish morality and tradition. In 1888, the last sane year of his life nietsche produced these two brief but devastating books. Nietzsche also makes a point that the overman is not an end result for a person, but more the journey toward selfmastery.
It also prepares the way for the antichrist, a final assault on institutional christianity. If you think youll get bored trying to barrel through nietzsche, a better approach would be to read what interests you. Friedrich nietzsche 18441900 nietzsche was a german philosopher, essayist, and cultural critic. Nietzsches home was a stronghold of lutheran piety. Selections from nietzsche s notebooks of the early 1870s, ed.
He is famous for uncompromising criticisms of traditional european morality and religion, as well as of conventional philosophical ideas and social and political pieties associated with modernity. The destruction of these was the nosaying task of works such as twilight of the idols and the antichrist. He wrote several critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, 4 irony and aphorism nietzsches key ideas include perspectivism, the will to power, the. Nietzsches best 8 books an ebook to search the spirit of friedrich nietzsche edited by bill chapko contents editor notes introduction to nietzsches life and writings the gay science ecce homo thus spoke zarathustra the dawn twilight of the idols the antichrist beyond good and evil genealogy of morals appendices a timeline biography. Friedrich nietzsche project gutenberg selfpublishing. Like nietzsche, he wants to use the warrior spirit to create an aristocracy. Older books about nietzsche at this page you will find some introductions to nietzsche from different books about nietzsche and his work. This is a persuasive view of nietzsches last books. Daniel breazeale, prometheus books, 1990, isbn 1573925322 philosophy in the tragic age of the greeks, trans.
A primer of the philosophy of nietzsche the art of manliness. In nietzsches opinion, humanity was not yet ready for that challenge. The birth of tragedy truth and lies in extramoral sense philosophy in the tragic era of the greeks untimely meditations human, all too human. But of course, theres no substitute for the original. We asked a nietzsche expert to explain the appeal of the controversial philosopher and to recommend nietzsche books. Friedrich nietzsche was a german cultural critic, philosopher, and essayist. This order was to be led by a good european cultural elite whose goal would be to encourage the rebirth of greek high culture. The birth of tragedy and the genealogy of morals doubleday anchor books, a81 by friedrich wilhelm nietzsche and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Read in 2007 from an online edition for personal research and edification. A book for free spirits opinions and mixed sentences. Twilight of the idols, a grand declaration of war on all the prevalent ideas of his time, offers a lightning tour of his whole philosophy. Oct 06, 2018 a life of friedrich nietzsche is published by faber. Ronald haymans nietzsche and rudiger safranskis nietzsche. Widmann in the paper called the bund under the heading nietzsches dangerous book and a general account of all my works from the pen of herr karl.
Reading in chronological order will allow you to see how nietzsches ideas develop, but it can be a slog when you get to works that dont really interest you for whatever reason. Nietzsches return to an aesthetic beginning wurzer, wilhelm s. Platos euthyphro and republic would maybe be the minimum, along with aristotles nichomachean ethics and poetics. All have been said of nietzsche, some with more reason than others. He answers the question a few lines down stating that, we want to be poets of our lives, first of all in the smallest, most everyday matters. Ludovici, adrian collins, helen zimmern, thomas common and horace barnett samuel.
Below, in chronological order, find most of the complete works of friedrich nietzsche. Marianne cowan, regnery publishing, 1996, isbn 0895267101. Gary handwerk, stanford university press, 1997, isbn 0804726655. This is a list of writings and other compositions by friedrich nietzsche. Beyond good and evil by friedrich nietzsche, thus spoke zarathustra by friedrich nietzsche, on the genealogy of morals by fri. In 1935, however, karl jaspers set out to marshall against the national socialists the world of thought of the man they had proclaimed as their own philosopher. Plato and aristotle or at the very least aristotle would be people to read before nietzsche. Friedrich wilhelm nietzsche 538 downloads human, alltoohuman. After the death of franziska in 1897, nietzsche lived in weimar, where elisabeth cared for him and allowed visitors, including rudolf steiner who in 1895 had written friedrich nietzsche. Discover book depositorys huge selection of friedrich nietzsche books online. Nietzsches life and works stanford encyclopedia of. The antichrist 1888 twilight of the idols 1888 genealogy of morals 1887 beyond good and evil 1886 thus spoke zarathustra 1885 the gay science 1882 daybreak 1881 human all too human 1878. German psychologist and philosopher friedrich wilhelm nietzsche 18441900 was appointed special professor of classical philology at the university of basel at the precocious age of 24, but soon found himself dissatisfied with academic life and created an alternative intellectual society for himself among friends including composer richard.
Nietzsches great politics princeton university press. What is the best order to read nietzsches books in. In 1879 nietzsche resigned his professorship or was forced to give up his chair due to his headaches and poor health. The first of his books to use aphorisms though certainly not the last human, all too human breaks away from friedrich nietzsches earlier book, the birth of tragedy, in both style and philosophy. The antichrist 1888 christianity remains to this day the. Israel eldad, the ideological chief of the stern group that fought the british in palestine in the 1940s, wrote about nietzsche in his underground newspaper and later translated most of nietzsche s books into hebrew.
The latter has the virtue of giving capsule summaries of the themes of each of nietzsche s books. Professor babichs site has links to many of her articles online and the site nietzsche circle has a large links section with many helpful resources. Friedrich nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past 150 years and on the genealogy of morality 1887 is his most important work on ethics and politics. Before we start talking about nietzsche books, how did you first become interested in nietzsche as one of your. A life of friedrich nietzsche is published by faber. Based on translations published from 1899 to 1919, these eight books havebeensomewhatmodified especiallyzarathustra. Nietzsche hears a performance of handels messiah in may of. He wandered about germany, switzerland, and italy, living in boardinghouses, and producing most of his famous books.
The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Jaspers does not fall into the same trap as idealogues do, citing bits and pieces from nietzsche s work to reinforce already held opinions. Nietzsche s best 8 books an ebook to search the spirit of friedrich nietzsche edited by bill chapko contents editor notes introduction to nietzsche s life and writings the gay science ecce homo thus spoke zarathustra the dawn twilight of the idols the antichrist beyond good and evil genealogy of morals appendices a timeline biography. Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres please note. Arguably the most systematic and coherent of nietzsche s works. Nietzsche himself is also more interested in the person behind the philosophy, where youre from, your character and upbringing, it will tell you more about the meaning of. And yet, despite nietzsches seeming disdain for what he vaguely termed, among other things, an under race of common people, he also loathed antisemitism and nationalism and.
His works on the meaning of existence, truth, consciousness, morality, power, language, nihilism, aesthetics, history and cultural theory have had a profound effect on western intellectual history and philosophy. Friedrich nietzsche 18441900 was a german philosopher, poet, and latin and greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Nietzsche s beyond good and evil was first published in 1886 and expanded on thus spoke zarathustra one of his most popular works. The case of wagner, nietzsche contra wagner, and selected aphorisms. It is a manifesto of personal selfovercoming, and a guidebook for others towards the same revitalizing end. I think that many people will be tempted to provide a list of works in conceptual order, to give the reader a grounding in the basics of nietzsches philosophy and then move forward from there. Nietzsche, friedrich internet encyclopedia of philosophy.
Friedrich nietzsche books list of books by author friedrich. Friedrich nietzsche 1844 1900 friedrich wilhelm nietzsche 15 october 1844 25 august 1900 was a german philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist. Friedrich nietzsche why i write such excellent books. Friedrich nietzsche why i write such excellent books genius. The complete works of friedrich nietzsche by friedrich wilhelm nietzsche edited by oscar levy translated by william a. Books by friedrich nietzsche friedrich nietzsche average rating 4. Friedrich nietzsche 18441900 nietzsche s works available in penguin classics are a nietzsche reader, beyond good and evil, ecce homo, human, all too human, on the genealogy of morals, the birth of tragedy, the portable nietzsche, thus spoke zarathustra, twilight of idols and antichrist. Im a total newbie to field of philosophy, so far i have only read the problems of philosophy and think and after that wandered through stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, reading articles about free will, existentialism, schopenhauer and nietzsche. Nietzsche has the advantage to write in a simple way most of the time. The ten best books on or by nietzsche the daily idea. Nietzsche claimed to be a philosopher of the future, but he was appropriated as a philosopher of nazism.
Of course his books differ by the main ideas they provide but i dont think the order really matters as long as you give yourself some resources to understand the content as well. Youd also want to read some greek plays, like what weve got from aeschylus and sophocles. A book for free spirits, part 2 friedrich wilhelm nietzsche 492 downloads. Again, in the gay science section 107, under the heading our ultimate gratitude to art nietzsche. Friedrich nietzsche stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Nietzsches return to an aesthetic beginning, man and world 11, nos. Yet although nietzsche makes a compelling case for the dionysian.
Friedrich nietzsche 18441900 was a german philosopher and cultural critic who published intensively in the 1870s and 1880s. Here and elsewhere in the book, gillespie expresses doubts about nietzsches ultimate objectives or, rather, about the means that nietzsche believes are required to reach them. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Sometimes people ask me what to read first from nietzsche, or any other philosopher, and i always tell them to start with a book about nietzsche. Works of friedrich nietzsche 8 books illustrated aug 16, 2009. Nietzsche relies very heavily on previous philosophers, most notably greek philosophy. Basic writings of nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of nietzsches most important works, from his first book to his last. His writings on truth, morality, language, aesthetics, cultural theory, history, nihilism, power, consciousness, and the meaning of existence have exerted an enormous influence on western philosophy and intellectual history. Nietzsches great politics shows how nietzsche made bismarcks notion his own, enabling him to offer a vision of a unified european political order that was to serve as a counterbalance to both britain and russia. In his book beyond good and evil nietzsche stated that books for all the world are always foulsmelling books. Here is my recommended reading plan for nietzszche. A polemical contribution to moral and political theory, it offers a critique of moral values and traces the historical evolution of concepts such as guilt, conscience. Wordsnolonger commonlyused, suchas fain, hitherto, thee, wouldst, therefrom, nigh, ye and. The year after publishing nietzsche, jaspers was discharged from his professorship at heidelberg university by order of the nazi leadership.
His work inspired a long study by martin heidegger and essays by a host of lesser disciples attached to the third reich. The best nietzsche books five books expert recommendations. Books by friedrich nietzsche author of thus spoke zarathustra. Nietzsches reading, but the marginal notes nietzsche made in the books he owned, in numerous articles see the bibliography of works on nietzsche in the nietzsches work section of this website as well as in nietzsches philosophical context and reading. Interpretation of nietzsches we have art in order not to. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. His paternal grandfather had published books defending protestantism and had achieved the ecclesiastical position of superintendent. The most famous misreading of nietzsche was a deliberate one, orchestrated by his antisemitic sister elisabeth, friend and admirer of hitler, who corrupted her brothers late work and adapted it to nazi ideology. Human, all too human ii and unpublished fragments from the period of human all too human spring i878 fall i879. First, it needed to free itself from the persisting influence of religious doctrines and moral values.
The birth of tragedy, beyond good and evil, on the genealogy of morals, the case of wagner, and ecce homo. Books by nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm sorted by popularity. Twilight of the idols or how to philosophize with a hammer. Friedrich nietzsche is one of the most misinterpreted philosophers the world has ever seen.
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