Synopses & Reviews
This is the first new translation of both volumes of Nietzsche's Human, All-Too Human to appear since the beginning of the century. The first volume appeared in 1878, just before Nietzsche abandoned his academic life. In 1886 it was republished, incorporating in a second volume two books of aphorisms which Nietzsche had published in the meantime. Subtitled 'A Book for Free Spirits', Human, All Too Human marked for Nietzsche a new 'positivism' and scepticism with which he challenged his previous metaphysical and psychological assumptions. Nearly all the themes of his later work are displayed here with characteristic perceptiveness and honest), - it remains one of the works fundamental for an understanding of his thought.
Synopsis
Nietzsche's remarkable collection of aphorisms, presented with a new introduction by Richard Schacht.
Synopsis
This volume presents Nietzsche's remarkable collection of almost 1400 aphorisms in R. J. Hollingdale's distinguished translation, together with a new historical introduction by Richard Schacht. Subtitled "A Book for Free Spirits," Human, All Too Human marked for Nietzsche a new "positivism" and skepticism with which he challenged his previous metaphysical and psychological assumptions. Nearly all the themes of his later work are displayed here with characteristic perceptiveness and honesty--not to say suspicion and irony--in language of great brio. It remains one of the fundamental works for an understanding of his thought.
Table of Contents
Volume I: Preface; 1. Of first and last things; 2. On the history of the moral sensations; 3. The religious life; 4. From the souls of artists and writers; 5. Tokens of higher and lower culture; 6. Man in society; 7. Woman and child; 8. A glance at the state; 9. Man alone with himself; Among friends: an epilogue; Volume II: Preface; Assorted opinions and maxims; The wanderer and his shadow; Index.