The Essential Works of Friedrich Nietzsche
Aphorisms on Morality, Nihilism, Self-Overcoming, and the Will to PowerBy Friedrich Nietzsche
Length91h 56m
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The Essential Works of Friedrich Nietzsche gathers representative writings from the philosopher's most influential periods, presenting his sustained examinations of morality, religion, art, culture, knowledge, and the formation of the self. Across aphorisms, polemical essays, and more lyrical, prophetic passages, Nietzsche dismantles inherited certainties while advancing such provocative concepts as the will to power, the Übermensch, eternal recurrence, and the transvaluation of values. His compressed rhetoric, irony, genealogical method, and deliberately unsettling voice place these texts at the crossroads of nineteenth-century German philosophy, Romantic cultural criticism, and the emerging modernist critique of reason and progress. Born in 1844 and initially trained as a classical philologist, Nietzsche brought an exceptional sensitivity to language, Greek tragedy, and historical interpretation to his philosophical work. His early admiration for Wagner, later rejection of the composer, fraught relationship with Christianity, and growing dissatisfaction with academic and European culture all helped shape his project of cultural diagnosis. Writing during a period of scientific, political, and religious upheaval, he sought not merely to refute doctrines but to expose the psychological and historical needs from which values arise. This volume is an excellent introduction to Nietzsche's challenging and influential thought, while also rewarding readers already familiar with his major works. It invites sustained reflection rather than passive agreement, making it valuable for students of philosophy, literature, intellectual history, and anyone interested in the possibilities and dangers of radical critique.
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GenrePhilosophy
Length91 hrs 56 mins
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Publish dateDec 18, 2023
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Table of contents
1Four Phases of Morals: Socrates, Aristotle, Christianity, Utilitarianism (Annotated)
2Preface
3Chapter I. Prejudices of Philosophers
4Chapter II. The Free Spirit
5Chapter III. The Religious Mood
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6Chapter IV. Apophthegms and Interludes
7Chapter V. The Natural History of Morals
8Chapter VI. We Scholars
9Chapter VII. Our Virtues
10Chapter VIII. Peoples and Countries
11Chapter IX. What is Noble?
12From the Heights
13Supplement to Chapter VIII. Peoples and Countries
14The Genealogy of Morals
15Preface
16First Essay. "Good and Evil," "Good and Bad."
17Second Essay. "Guilt," "Bad Conscience," and the Like.
18Third Essay. What is the Meaning of Ascetic Ideals? (pt. 1)
19Third Essay. What is the Meaning of Ascetic Ideals? (pt. 2)
20The Birth of Tragedy or, Hellenism and Pessimism
21Introduction
22An Attempt at Self-Criticism
23Foreword to Richard Wagner
24The Birth of Tragedy (pt. 1)
25The Birth of Tragedy (pt. 2)
26Appendix
27The Antichrist
28Introduction
29Preface
30The Antichrist (pt. 1)
31The Antichrist (pt. 2)
32Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
33Introduction by Mrs Forster-Nietzsche
34First Part. Zarathustra’s Discourses
35Zarathustra’s Prologue
36I. The Three Metamorphoses
37II. The Academic Chairs of Virtue
38III. Backworldsmen
39IV. The Despisers of the Body
40V. Joys And Passions
41VI. The Pale Criminal
42VII. Reading and Writing
43VIII. The Tree on the Hill
44IX. The Preachers of Death
45X. War and Warriors
46XI. The New Idol
47XII. The Flies in the Market-Place
48XIII. Chastity
49XIV. The Friend
50XV. The Thousand and One Goals
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