Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Clearscan)

This is a major work by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whose writings have been deeply influential on subsequent generations of philosophers. It is offered here in a new translation by Judith Norman, with an introduction by Rolf Peter Horstmann that places the work in its historical and philosophical context. Beyond Good And Evil Is One Of The Most Scathing And Powerful Critiques Of Philosophy, Religion, Science, Politics, And Ethics Ever Written. In It, Nietzsche Presents A Set Of Problems, Criticisms, And Philosophical Challenges That Continue Both To Inspire And To Trouble Contemporary Thought. In Addition, He Offers His Most Subtle, Detailed, And Sophisticated Account Of The Virtues, Ideas, And Practices Which Will Characterize Philosophy And Philosophers Of The Future. With His Relentlessly Energetic Style And Tirelessly Probing Manner, Nietzsche Embodies The Type Of Thought He Wants To Foster, While Defining Its Historical Role And Determining Its Agenda. This Edition Offers A New And Readable Translation, By Judith Norman, Of One Of The Most Influential Texts In The History Of Philosophy, Together With An Introduction By Rolf-peter Horstmann That Sets It In Its Historical And Philosophical Context.--jacket. Introduction -- Chronology -- On The Prejudices Of Philosophers -- The Free Spirit -- The Religious Character -- Epigrams And Entr'actes -- On The Natural History Of Morals -- We Scholars -- Our Virtues -- Peoples And Fatherlands -- What Is Noble? -- From High Mountains : Aftersong -- Glossary Of Names. Friedrich Nietzsche ; Edited By Rolf-peter Horstmann, Judith Norman ; Translated By Judith Norman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Xxxii-xxxiii) And Index. Front Cover ......Page 1 Back Cover ......Page 2 Contents (v) ......Page 7 Introduction (vii) ......Page 9 Chronology (xxix) ......Page 31 Further reading (xxxii) ......Page 34 Note on the text (xxxiv) ......Page 36 Beyond Good and Evil Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (1) ......Page 37 Preface (3) ......Page 39 Part I On the prejudices of philosophers (5) ......Page 41 Part 2 The free spirit (25) ......Page 61 Part 3 The religious character (43) ......Page 79 Part 4 Epigrams and entr'actes (58) ......Page 94 Part 5 On the natural history of morals (75) ......Page 111 Part 6 We scholars (93) ......Page 129 Part 7 Our virtues (109) ......Page 145 Part 8 Peoples and fatherlands (131) ......Page 167 Part 9 What is noble? (151) ......Page 187 FROM HIGH MOUNTAINS Aftersong (178) ......Page 214 Glossary of names (181) ......Page 217 Index (186) ......Page 222 The will to truth that still seduces us into taking so many risks, this famous truthfulness that all philosophers so far have talked about with veneration: what questions this will to truth has already laid before us!