Reading Nietzsche

by Solomon, Robert C.; Higgins, Kathleen M.

• ISBN13: 9780195066739
• ISBN10: 0195066731
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-08-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Although aimed explicitly at students and new readers of Nietzsche, these essays by distinguished scholars in the field will appeal to a wide audience and will be invaluable to anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of Nietzsche's individual works.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xi
Chronology of Nietzsche's Works	p. xiii
Introduction: Reading Nietzsche	p. 3
Some Remarks on The Genealogy of Morals	p. 13
Nietzsche's Critique of Morality	p. 29
Who Are ""The Philosophers of the Future""?: A Reading of Beyond Good and Evil	p. 46
Notes	p. 66
Nietzsche's Letters and a Poem	p. 87
Pessimism and the Tragic View of Life: Reconsiderations of Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy	p. 104
Notes	p. 129
Reading Zarathustra	p. 132
Conclusion	p. 150
Notes	p. 151
The Deification of the Commonplace: Twilight of the Idols1	p. 152
Dr. Nietzsche's Office Hours Are Between 10 and 12 A.M	p. 182
Nietzsche's Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality	p. 186
The Writing on the Wall: The Antichrist and the Semiotics of History	p. 192
Notes	p. 215
The Use and Abuse of The Will to Power	p. 218
Notes	p. 232
Bibliography	p. 237
Contributors	p. 247
Index	p. 249
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