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Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
While life needs the services of history, it must just as clearly be comprehended that an excess measure of history will do harm to the living, declares Friedrich Nietzsche in this cautionary polemic. The iconoclastic philosopher warns us about the dangers of an uncritical devotion to the study of the past, which leads to destructive and limiting results -- particularly in cases where long-ago events are exploited for nationalistic purposes. Nietzsche...
Author
Series
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"After ten years of solitary contemplation, the prophet Zarathustra descends from his mountain cave to deliver a message to the people below. In a town called The Pied Cow, he tells everyone about the Superman, a higher being who is free of all human prejudices, and unbound by societal constraints and the false concepts of good and evil. Zarathustra informs the people that they can achieve this state if they reject the teachings of the past, including...
3) Anti-Christ
Author
Publisher
See Sharp Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This is Nietzsche's last book and a fitting capstone to his career. It's succinct, biting, and encapsulates the criticisms of Christianity found in his other works. This edition contains an 8,000-word introduction by its translator, the famous iconoclastic writer H. L. Mencken.
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