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Basic Writings of Nietzsche

By Friedrich Nietzsche
Introduction by Peter Gay
Translated by Walter Kaufmann

By Friedrich Nietzsche
Introduction by Peter Gay
Translated by Walter Kaufmann

By Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated by Walter Kaufmann

By Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated by Walter Kaufmann

By Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated by Walter Kaufmann

By Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated by Walter Kaufmann

By Friedrich Nietzsche
Introduction by Peter Gay

By Friedrich Nietzsche
Introduction by Peter Gay

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    About Basic Writings of Nietzsche

    Introduction by Peter Gay
    Translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann
    Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze
     
    One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche’s most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, and Ecce Homo. Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, this volume also features seventy-five aphorisms, selections from Nietzsche’s correspondence, and variants from drafts for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche’s thought.
     
    Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

    About Basic Writings of Nietzsche

    Introduction by Peter Gay
    Translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann
    Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze
     
    One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche’s most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, and Ecce Homo. Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, this volume also features seventy-five aphorisms, selections from Nietzsche’s correspondence, and variants from drafts for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche’s thought.
     
    Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

    About Basic Writings of Nietzsche

    Introduction by Peter Gay
    Translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann
    Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze
     
    One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche’s most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, and Ecce Homo. Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, this volume also features seventy-five aphorisms, selections from Nietzsche’s correspondence, and variants from drafts for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche’s thought.
     
    Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

    About Basic Writings of Nietzsche

    Introduction by Peter Gay
    Translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann
    Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze
     
    One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche’s most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, and Ecce Homo. Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, this volume also features seventy-five aphorisms, selections from Nietzsche’s correspondence, and variants from drafts for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche’s thought.
     
    Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

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    About Friedrich Nietzsche

    The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Prussia in 1844. After the death of his father, a Lutheran minister, Nietzsche was raised from the age of five by his mother in a household of women. In 1869 he was appointed… More about Friedrich Nietzsche

    About Friedrich Nietzsche

    The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Prussia in 1844. After the death of his father, a Lutheran minister, Nietzsche was raised from the age of five by his mother in a household of women. In 1869 he was appointed… More about Friedrich Nietzsche

    About Friedrich Nietzsche

    The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Prussia in 1844. After the death of his father, a Lutheran minister, Nietzsche was raised from the age of five by his mother in a household of women. In 1869 he was appointed… More about Friedrich Nietzsche

    About Friedrich Nietzsche

    The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche was born in Prussia in 1844. After the death of his father, a Lutheran minister, Nietzsche was raised from the age of five by his mother in a household of women. In 1869 he was appointed… More about Friedrich Nietzsche

    Product Details

    Category: Philosophy | Nonfiction Classics

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Nov 28, 2000 | 896 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679783398

    Category: Philosophy | Nonfiction Classics

    Hardcover | $28.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Sep 05, 1992 | 864 Pages | 5-3/8 x 8 | ISBN 9780679600008

    Category: Philosophy | Nonfiction Classics

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Feb 23, 2011 | 864 Pages | ISBN 9780307786791

    Category: Philosophy | Nonfiction Classics

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Aug 05, 2009 | 896 Pages | ISBN 9780307417695

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    "Nietzsche is one of the few philosophers since Plato whom large numbers of intelligent people read for pleasure."
    –Walter Kaufmann

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