Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Original Work

Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer

Translator

R. J. Hollingdale

Editor

Michael Tanner

Foreword / Afterword

Michael Tanner

Language

English

Year

2003

Publisher

Penguin

Country

United Kingdom

Pages

210

ISBN

978-0140445145

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'Twilight of the Idols', an attack on all the prevalent ideas of his time, offers a lightning tour of his whole philosophy. It also prepares the way for 'The Anti-Christ', a final assault on institutional Christianity. Both works show Nietzsche lashing out at self-deception, astounded at how often morality is based on vengefulness and resentment. Both reveal a profound understanding of human mean-spiritedness which still cannot destroy the underlying optimism of Nietzsche, the supreme affirmer among the great philosophers.— Google Books