This captivating collection brings together five of Friedrich Nietzches most important philosophical works, exploring themes such as nihilism, metaphysics, and the nature of moralityfeaturing an introduction by Peter Gay and commentary from Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze
More 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 Nietzsches 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 Nietzsches correspondence, and variants from drafts for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsches thought.
This edition includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide
Six works selected from Nietzsche's writings, including "The Birth of Tragedy," "Beyond Good and Evil," and "On the Genealogy of Morals" reflect the philosopher's critique of Western morality and insights into Christianity and art.
