Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Così parlò Zarathustra. Un libro per tutti e per nessuno (tedesco: Also sprach Zarathustra. Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen) è il titolo di un celebre libro del filosofo tedesco Friedrich Nietzsche, composto in quattro parti fra il 1883 e il 1885. Gran parte dell'opera tratta i temi dell'eterno ritorno, della parabola della morte di Dio, e la profezia dell'avvento dell'oltreuomo, che erano stati precedentemente introdotti ne La gaia scienza. Definito...

Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Antichrist" might be more aptly named "The Antichristian," for it is an unmitigated attack on Christianity that Nietzsche makes within the text instead of an exposition on evil or Satan as the title might suggest. In "The Antichrist," Nietzsche presents a highly controversial view of Christianity as a damaging influence upon western civilization that must come to an end. Regardless of ones religious or philosophical point

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"Could it be possible? This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead!" The ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from a life of solitude on the mountain to announce to the world that God has been supplanted by the "Superman", the divine in human form. In one of the most radical and influential works of modern philosophy, Friedrich Nietzsche lays out the new standards of morality after the "death of God". Frequently...

Also sprach Zarathustra - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Also sprach Zarathustra (Untertitel Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, 1883–1885) ist ein dichterisch-philosophisches Werk des deutschen Philosophen Friedrich Nietzsche. Das Buch besteht aus vier Teilen. Der erste Teil erschien 1883, der zweite und dritte 1884, der vierte 1885 als Privatdruck. 1886 veröffentlichte Nietzsche die drei ersten Teile als "Also sprach Zarathustra. Ein Buch für Alle...

In this daring and insightful work, Nietzsche lays bare the hypocrisies at the foundations of our ideas of morality. Considering ideas of good and evil, guilt and conscience, and law and violence along the way, On the Genealogy of Morals takes the reader on a journey through the history of value systems in three masterful essays.

"The Basic Writings of Nietzsche" collects some of the most famous and representative works of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. In this anthology you will find complete editions of "The Birth of Tragedy," a work of dramatic theory written early in the philosopher's career, "Beyond Good and Evil," a polemic critique of past philosophers in regards to their considerations of morality, "On the Genealogy of Morals," which would expound upon the...

Ranging from a few words to a few pages, the aphorisms in Human, All Too Human present Friedrich Nietzsche's thoughts on a variety of subjects, including the nature of reality [metaphysics]; moral feelings, especially the concepts of good and evil; the argument that great art is the product of hard work as opposed to 'genius' and inspiration; free-thinking; the evolution of men, women, and children; and the limitations that people put on their own...