Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Original Works

The Birth of Tragedy·Ecce Homo·The Case of Wagner·Beyond Good and Evil

Translator

Walter Kaufmann

Editor

Walter Kaufman

Foreword / Afterword

Peter Gay

Format

Collection / Anthology

Language

English

Year

2000

Publisher

Modern Library

Country

United States

Pages

862

ISBN

9780679783398

0000

This captivating collection brings together five of Friedrich Nietzche’s most important philosophical works, exploring themes such as nihilism, metaphysics, and the nature of morality—featuring an introduction by Peter Gay and commentary from Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles DeleuzeMore than 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.This edition includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide— Google Books