Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own 'will to power' upon the...See more
Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own 'will to power' upon the world. See less
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche book reviews
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Beyond good and evil: prelude to a philosophy of the future
Nietzsche's best book so far
by Larry B, Jan 6, 2011
N. is intensely concerned with values, morals, and how these elements of society develop, are used, and are abused by religious institutions.
This book, his first after "Zarathustra" is didactic ... Read More
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The Will to Power
The will to power
by Tubbz, Jan 17, 2009
The book is a classic. It migt be a slow read, but once you do some research on it a bit more you will understand the way you understand. Remember it's philosophy, and it's what you get out of it. ... Read More