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THE GAY SCIENCE – Nietzsche's Forging Metaphysical Thought

THE GAY SCIENCE – Nietzsche's Forging Metaphysical Thought

Existential experiments in power, clarity, and the abyss of eternal recurrenceBy Friedrich Nietzsche

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THE GAY SCIENCE – Nietzsche's Forging Metaphysical Thought

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"A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation." "Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. For the crowd believes that if it cannot see to the bottom of something it must be profound. It is so timid and dislikes going into the water." (Excerpt) In "The Gay Science or, The Joyful Wisdom," Nietzsche experiments with the notion of power. The book contains Nietzsche's first consideration of the idea of the eternal recurrence, a concept which would become critical in his next work Thus Spoke Zarathustra and underpins much of the later works. The book's title uses a phrase that was well known at the time. It was derived from a Provençal expression (gai saber) for the technical skill required for poetry-writing that had already been used by Ralph Waldo Emerson and E. S. Dallas... Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Because of Nietzsche's evocative style and provocative ideas, his philosophy generates passionate reactions. His works remain controversial, due to varying interpretations and misinterpretations of his work. In the Western philosophy tradition, Nietzsche's writings have been described as the unique case of free revolutionary thought, that is, revolutionary in its structure and problems, although not tied to any revolutionary project.

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GenrePhilosophy

Length9 hrs 33 mins

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Publish dateApr 17, 2017

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Table of contents

1THE GAY SCIENCE – Nietzsche’s Forging Metaphysical Thought

6Book Third

2Preface to the Second Edition

7Book Fourth. Sanctus Januarius

3Jest, Ruse and Revenge. A Prelude in Rhyme

8Book Fifth. We Fearless Ones

4Book First

9Appendix. Songs of Prince Free-as-a-Bird

5Book Second

10The Fool&#x27;s Dilemma

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