THE WILL TO POWER (Modern Philosophy Series) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Including Autobiographical Work "Ecce Homo" & Personal LettersBy Friedrich Nietzsche
Length34h 37m
About this audiobook
The Will to Power gathers Nietzsche's late notebooks into a provocative constellation of aphorisms, fragments, and philosophical experiments centered on power, interpretation, value, nihilism, and the future of European culture. Though posthumously assembled rather than completed as a single authorial treatise, it displays Nietzsche's unmistakable style: compressed, polemical, psychologically acute, and deliberately anti-systematic. Read within the context of nineteenth-century German philosophy after Kant, Schopenhauer, and Darwin, it illuminates the crisis of metaphysics and morality that shaped modern thought. Friedrich Nietzsche, trained as a classical philologist and marked by ill health, solitude, and estrangement from academic life, wrote with the urgency of a thinker diagnosing cultural decadence. His break with Wagner, rejection of Christian-moral certainties, and confrontation with nihilism all inform these notes. They reveal a mind attempting to rethink philosophy beyond truth as permanence and morality as obedience. This volume is recommended for readers prepared to engage Nietzsche critically rather than passively. It is indispensable for students of modern philosophy, intellectual history, literature, and political thought, offering not a settled doctrine but a challenging workshop of ideas whose influence remains profound and contested.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenrePhilosophy
Length34 hrs 37 mins
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Publish dateApr 10, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE WILL TO POWER (Modern Philosophy Series) (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6The Will to Power (Vol. 1&2)
7Volume I
8Book I. European Nihilism
9A Plan
10I. Nihilism
11II. Concerning the History of European Nihilism
12Book II. Criticism of the Highest Values that have Prevailed Hitherto
13I. Criticism of Religion
143. Christian Ideals
15II. A Criticism of Morality
165. The Moral Ideal
17III. Criticism of Philosophy
18Volume II
19Book III. The Principles of a New Valuation
20I. The Will to Power in Science (pt. 1)
21I. The Will to Power in Science (pt. 2)
22II. The Will to Power in Nature
23III. The Will to Power as Exemplified in Society and the Individual
24IV. The Will to Power in Art
25Book IV. Discipline and Breeding
26I. The Order of Rank
27II. Dionysus
28III. Eternal Recurrence
29Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (An Autobiography) (pt. 1)
30Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (An Autobiography) (pt. 2)
31Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (An Autobiography) (pt. 3)
32Selected Personal Letters (pt. 1)
33Selected Personal Letters (pt. 2)
34Selected Personal Letters (pt. 3)
35Analysis
36Reflection
37Memorable Quotes
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