The Portable Nietzsche

Informationen zum Autor Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was born near Leipzig in 1844. When he was only twenty-four he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at Basel University. Works published in the 1880s include The Gay Science , Thus Spoke Zarathustra , Beyond Good and Evil , On the Genealogy of Morals , Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist . In January 1889, Nietzsche collapsed on a street in Turin and was subsequently institutionalized, spending the rest of his life in a condition of mental and physical paralysis. Works published after his death in 1900 include Will to Power , based on his notebooks, and Ecce Homo , his autobiography. Klappentext The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, "Few writers in any age were so full of ideas, and few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The Portable Nietzsche includes Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Nietzsche Contra Wagner and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development, versatility, and inexhaustibility. "In this volume, one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive, passionate, and misunderstood writers in Western, or any, literature. Newsweek Zusammenfassung A captivating collection of Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal works, from his provocative musings on truth and morality to his profound exploration of human existence In this volume, one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive, passionate, and misunderstood writers in Western, or any, literature. Newsweek Few writers in any age were so full of ideas.Walter Kaufmann, from the Introduction The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago, yet few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The Portable Nietzsche includes Walter Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra . In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development, versatility, and inexhaustibility. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chronology Bibliography Letter to His Sister Fragment of a Critique of Schopenhauer On Ethics Note (1870-71) From Homer's Contest Notes (1873) From On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense Notes about Wagner Notes (1874) Notes (1875) From Human, All-Too-Human From Mixed Opinions and Maxims From The Wanderer and His Shadow Letter to Overbeck Notes (1880-81) From The Dawn Postcard to Overbeck From The Gay Science Draft of a Letter to Paul Rée Thus Spoke Zarathustra Editor's Preface Contents First Part Second Part Third Part Fourth and Last Part Note (1884)
Letters: To Overbeck; To His Sister; To Overbeck
Notes
From a Draft for a Preface
From Beyond Good and Evil
From The Gay Science: Book V
From Towards a Geneaology of Morals
Letter to Overbeck
Notes (1887)
Letter to His Sister
Notes (1888)
From The Wagner Case
Twilight of the Idols
Editor's Preface
Contents
The Antichrist
Editor's Preface
From Ecce HomoNietzsche Contra Wagner
Contents
Letters (1889): To Gast; To Jacob Burckhardt; To Overbeck
Editions of Nietzsche