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On the Genealogy of Morals (Paperback)
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On the Genealogy of Morals (Paperback)
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The companion book to Beyond Good and Evil, the three essays
included here offer vital insights into Nietzsche's theories of
morality and human psychology. Nietzsche claimed that the purpose
of The Genealogy of Morals was to call attention to his previous
writings. But in fact the book does much more than that,
elucidating and expanding on the cryptic aphorisms of Beyond Good
and Evil and signalling a return to the essay form. In these three
essays, Nietzsche considers the development of ideas of 'good' and
'evil'; explores notions of guilt and bad consience; and discusses
ascetic ideals and the purpose of the philosopher. Together, they
form a coherent and complex discussion of morality in a work that
is more accessible than some of Nietzsche's previous writings.
Friedrich Nietzsche was born near Leipzig in 1844. When he was only
twenty-four he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at
Basel University. From 1880, however, he divorced himself from
everyday life and lived mainly abroad. Works published in the 1880s
include The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and
Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, Twilight of the Idols and The
Antichrist. In January 1889, Nietzsche collapsed on a street in
Turin and was subsequently institutionalized, spending the rest of
his life in a condition of mental and physical paralysis. Works
published after his death in 1900 include Will to Power, based on
his notebooks, and Ecce Homo, his autobiography. Michael A.
Scarpitti is an independent scholar of philosophy whose principal
interests include English and German thought of the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, as well as exegesis and translation theory.
Robert C. Holub is currently Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of
German at the Ohio State University. Among his published works are
monographs on Heinrich Heine, German realism, Friedrich Nietzsche,
literary and aesthetic theory, and Jurgen Habermas.
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