Philosophical Writings

by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm; Grimm, Reinhold; Molina Y Vedia, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9780826402790
• ISBN10: 0826402798
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-06-01
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group

Summary

Philosophical Writings, part of the German Library Series contains essential portions of the theses that make Nietzsche the most controversial of philosophers. It includes: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, The Gay Science, Untimely Meditations, Human, All too Human, and other works. Included are Preface to Richard Wagner, On Truth and Falsity in their Extramortal Sense, The History of an Error, We Antipodes, Geneaology of Morals: A Polemic, and On the Pathos of Truth. Although his reputation has bordered on notoriety, Nietzsche's influence has unquestionably not diminished with time, and our fascination with him will be further fed by the publication of this volume.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Reinhold Grimm

 

PART I: ON TRAGEDY

The Birth of Tragedy; or, Greekness and Pessimisn (1872/86)

Attempt at a Self-Criticism

Preface to Richard Wagner

[The Birth of Tragedy]

 

From Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (1888, published posthumously)

The Birth of Tragedy

 

From the so-called Will to Power

Art in "The Birth of Tragedy" (1888)

Translated by Walter Kaufmann

 

PART II: ON TRUTH

From Five Prefaces to Five Unwritten Books

On the Pathos of Truth (1872)

Translated by Bruce Armstrong

On Truth and Falsity in Their Extramoral Sense (1873)

Translated by Maximilian A. Mügge

 

PART III: APHORISMS, ESSAYS, NOTES

From Untimely Meditations and Related Writings

On the Use and Disadvantage of History for Life (1874) (Selection)

Translated by Adrian Collins

Schopenhauer as Educator (1874) (Selection)

Translated by J.W. Hillesheim and Malcolm R. Simpson

The Battle between Science and Wisdom (1875; fragmentary) (Selections)

Translated by Bruce Armstrong

Richard Wagner in Bayreuth (1876) (Selections)

Translated by Anthony M. Ludovici

 

From Human, All-Too-Human: A Book for Free Spirits (1878)

Of First and Last Things (Selections)

Concerning the History of Moral Sentiments (Selections)

The Religious Life (Selections)

From the Soul of Artists and Authors (Selections)

Signs of Higher and Lower Culture (Selections)

Man in Society (Selection)

Man Alone by Himself (Selection)

Translated by Helen Zimmern

 

From Human, All-Too-Human II

Mixed Opinions and Maxims (1879) (Selections)

The Wanderer and His Shadow (1880) (Selections)

Translated by Paul V. Cohen

 

From Dawn: Thoughts about Morality as a Prejudice (1881) (Selections)

Translated by J.M. Kennedy

 

From The Gay Science (1882/87)

Books I-III (Selections)

Sanctus Januarius (Selections)

We Fearless Ones (Selections)

Translated by Walter Kaufmann

 

From Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (1886)

Preface

On the Prejudices of Philosophers (Selections)

The Free Spirit (Selections)

Maxims and Interludes (Selections)

Concerning the Natural History of Morals (Selections)

We Scholars (Selections)

What Is Noble? (Selections)

Translated by Walter Kaufmann

 

From On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic (1887)

Preface (Selection)

What Is the Meaning of Ascetic Ideals? (Selections)

Translated by Walter Kaufmann and R.J. Hollingdale)

 

From The Case of Wagner: A Musician's Problem (1888)

Preface

Translated by Walter Kaufmann

 

From Twilight of the Idols; or, How One Philosophizes with a Hammer (1888)

Maxims and Arrows (Selection)

The Problem of Socrates

"Reason" in Philosophy

How the "True World" Finally Became a Fable: The History of an Error

Skirmishes of an Untimely Man (Selections)

What I Owe to the Ancients

Translated by Walter Kaufmann

From Nietzsche contra Wagner: From the Files of a Psychologist (1888)We Antipodes

Epilogue

Translated Walter Kaufmann

 

From Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (1888, published posthumously)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None

Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic

Why I am a Destiny

Translated by Walter Kaufmann and R.J. Hollingdale

 

From The Antichrist: Curse upon Christianity (1888) (Selection)

Translated by Walter Kaufmann

 

From the so-called Will to Power (Summer 1883-Spring/Summer1888)

Translated by Walter Kaufmann and R.J. Hollingdale

 

Notes

 

Sources of the Selections