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Friedrich Nietzsche
"With [Thus Spoke Zarathustra
] I have given mankind the greatest present that has ever been made to it so far. This book, with a voice bridging centuries, is not…
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First published in 1886, Beyond Good and Evil expounds the personal creed of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, by which he is most closely
associated with existentialism and nihilism. The book…
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Faithful rendition of Nietzsche's Also Sprach Zarathustra, Part lV, in English playscript adaptation. Includes stage directions and original German text in a beautiful Fraktur font.
"You are good, O Zarathustra…
Embark on a twisted philosophical odyssey with Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra. Through the "prophet" Zarathustra, Nietzsche challenges conventional wisdom, proclaiming the arrival of the Ubermensch and advocating for the…
Supposing that truth is a woman, what then? In this book, the author critiques the mediocre in modernity and challenges the reader to accept their state of becoming and accept…
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These four early essays, key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsche’s thought, are here presented in a new edition with an introduction that places them in their historical context…
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, H L Mencken
Collected here in this omnibus edition are three of Nietzsche's three most important books: The Anti-Christ Beyond Good and Evil and Thus Spake Zarathustra as well as The Philosophy of…
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Of all the subjects to which Friedrich Nietzsche applied his penetrating insight and razor sharp perception, none preoccupied him over the course of his entire life so much as the…
Gives readers a taste of the Classics’ huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts…
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Describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of…
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New to Penguin Classics, The Joyous Science is Nietzsche’s most personal book - and one of his best
The Joyous Science is a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche’s realization…
Revised and updated throughout, this is the third edition of the best-selling, concise introduction and translation of Nietzsche’s influential work on ethics and politics, On the Genealogy of Morality (1887)…
Brian Duignan
From the Scottish economist David Hume to the German scholar Friedrich Nietzsche, this book brings together the most prominent philosophers of the 18th and 19th centuries. It covers the works…
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An Attempt at Self-Criticism, Foreword to Richard Wagner, The Birth of Tragedy
When Zarathustra was thirty years old- he left his home and the lake of his home- and went into the mountains. There he enjoyed his spirit and solitude- and for…
This volume provides for the first time English translations of all of Nietzsche s unpublished notebooks from the summer of 1872 to the end of 1874.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
In this masterpiece of philosophical literature Friedrich Nietzsche utters the famous phrase "God is dead!" This powerful book spells out Nietzsche's belief in the will to power and serves as…
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Salomo Friedlaender
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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Theobald Ziegler
Friedrich Nietzsche gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen des 19. Jahrhunderts und hat die moderne Philosophie massgeblich beeinflusst. In diesem Buch gibt Theobald Ziegler einen umfassenden Einblick in das Leben…
Lee Spinks (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Lee Spinks prepares readers for their first encounter with Nietzsche’s most influential texts, enabling them to begin to apply his thought in studies of literature, art and contemporary culture.
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Peter Putz
Rudolf Steiner
Reproduktion des Originals: Friedrich Nietzsche von Rudolf Steiner
The essays gathered together in this volume are the work of leading Nietzsche scholars and include reprints of seminal writings from all the major interpretive schools. Also included is a…
Paul Ernst
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
George Brandes
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Georg Brandes
This book
Friedrich Nietzsche, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing…
H.L. Mencken
The decisive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on H
Ritchie Robertson
A concise yet comprehensive critical biography of crucial German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
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United Library
Dive into the profound life and groundbreaking ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche, the German philosopher, cultural critic, and literary genius, in 'Friedrich Nietzsche: The Biography of a Cultural Critic that Redefined…
Here is Friedrich Nietzsche's great masterpiece The Anti-Christ wherein Nietzsche attacks Christianity as a blight on humanity. This classic is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Nietzsche and his…
Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, first published in 1886, ranks among the most influential works of moral philosophy to have shaped contemporary conceptions of identity, religion, democracy, psychology, and…
We will have achieved much for the study of aesthetics when we come not merely to a logical understanding but also to the immediately certain apprehension of the fact that…
Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy describes the origins and essence of Greek tragedy, offering a unique lens through which to understand the complex interplay of art, culture, and psychology.
A series of 638 aphorisms and discourses on subjects ranging from art, arrogance and boredom to passion, science, vanity, women and youth. Nietzsche himself described this work as the monument…
Presents an argument for the necessity for art in life. This book is based on the author’s enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music…
Thomas Achelis
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
Robert C. Holub
Holub presents his view that Nietzsche was as much an historically bound person, with contemporaneous relevance, as he was a philosopher of timeless importance. Holub ignores none of Nietzsche’s writing…
F Nietzsche
A startling and thought-provoking work from one of the most powerful philosophers in the Western canon
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Philosophy Classic, is Friedrich Nietzsche’s classic masterpiece of philosophy and…
