This volume presents Nietzsche's remarkable collection of almost 1400 aphorisms in R. J. Hollingdale's distinguished translation, together with a new historical introduction by Richard Schacht. Subtitled 'A Book for Free Spirits,' Human, All Too Human marked for Nietzsche a new 'positivism' and skepticism with which he challenged his previous metaphysical and psychological assumptions. Nearly all the themes of his later work are displayed here with characteristic perceptiveness and honesty--not to say suspicion and irony--in language of great brio. It remains one of the fundamental works for an understanding of his thought.

Unpublished during Nietzsche's lifetime, presents the philosopher's exploration of the culture of the Greeks.

Contains Nietzsche's philosphical work based on the belief that 'the object of mankind should lie in it's highest individuals.'

Questo volume dell'Epistolario copre un quinquennio fondamentale nella vita di Nietzsche. Dopo la stesura della Nascita della tragedia e delle Considerazioni inattuali, egli comincia ad avvertire il peso della filologia come mestiere e avvia quel processo di emancipazione della metafisica e di ricerca della 'libertà di pensiero' che lo allontanerà definitivamente da Schopenhauser e da Wagner.

Compelling argument for the necessity of art in life.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) has been proclaimed the seminal figure of modern philosophy as well as one of the most creative and critically influential geniuses in the history of secular thought. 'Writing in blood' and 'philosophizing with a hammer,' Nietzsche scathingly criticized modern civilization's basic ideas, beliefs, and values, and boldly proclaimed that 'God is dead,' thereby fathering atheistic existentialism.

Thus Spake Zarathustra is Nietzsche's masterpiece. Rich in irony, poetry, and symbolism, this unique volume presents the German philosopher's major concepts: the master and slave moralities, a pervasive will to power, the heroic overman transcending good and evil, and an eternal recurrence of the same dynamic universe.

In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written. In this extraordinary work Nietzsche traces his life, work and development as a philosopher, examines the heroes he has identified with, struggled against and then overcome - Schopenhauer, Wagner, Socrates, Christ - and predicts the cataclysmic impact of his 'forthcoming revelation of all values'. Both self-celebrating and self-mocking, penetrating and strange, Ecce Homo gives the final, definitive expression to Nietzsche's main beliefs and is in every way his last testament.

Questi testi appartengono al periodo anteriore alla Nascita della tragedia, situandosi così fra il servizio militare e l'ultimo inverno trascorso a Lipsia. Periodo decisivo per la formazione filosofica di Nietzsche. Particolarmente importanti sono i frammenti relativi ai progettati studi su Democrito e sulla 'storia degli studi letterari'. Infine nella prolusione di Basilea su Omero e la filologia classica Nietzsche vuol dare un esempio di come la ricerca filologica non sia condannata a un triste isolamento ma abbia il compito specifico di porsi problemi decisivi per la vita complessiva della scienza e della cultura.

Introduction by Peter Gay
Translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann
Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze
 
One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche's most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, and Ecce Homo. Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, this volume also features seventy-five aphorisms, selections from Nietzsche's correspondence, and variants from drafts for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche's thought.
 
Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Philosophy and Truth offers the first English translation of six unpublished theoretical studies (sometimes referred to as Nietzsche's 'Philosopher's Book') written just after the publication of The Birth of Tragedy and simultaneously with Untimely Meditations. In addition to the texts themselves, which probe epistemological problems on philosophy's relation to art and culture, this book contains a lengthy introduction that provides the biographical and philological information necessary for understanding these often fragmentary texts. The introduction also includes a helpful discussion of Nietzsche's early views concerning culture, knowledge, philosophy, and the Greeks.

Twilight of the Idols, 'a grand declaration of war' on all the prevalent ideas of Nietzsche's time, offers a lightning tour of his whole philosophy. It also prepares the way for The Anti-Christ, a final assault on institutional Christianity. Yet although Nietzsche makes a compelling case for the 'Dionysian' artist and celebrates magnificently two of his great heroes, Goethe and Cesare Borgia, he also gives a moving, almost ecstatic portrait of his only worthy opponent: Christ. Both works show Nietzsche lashing out at self-deception, astounded at how often morality is based on vengefulness and resentment. Both combine utterly unfair attacks on individuals with amazingly acute surveys of the whole contemporary cultural scene. Both reveal a profound understanding of human mean-spiritedness which still cannot destroy the underlying optimism of Nietzsche, the supreme affirmer among the great philosophers.