Philosophy and Truth: Selections from Nietzsche's Notebooks of the Early 1870s (Humanities Paperback Library)

Philosophy and Truth offers the first English translation of six unpublished theoretical studies (sometimes referred to as Nietzsche's "Philosopher's Book") written just after the publication of The Birth of Tragedy and simultaneously with Untimely Meditations. In addition to the texts themselves, which probe epistemological problems on philosophy's relation to art and culture, this book contains a lengthy introduction that provides the biographical and philological information necessary for understanding these often fragmentary texts. The introduction also includes a helpful discussion of Nietzsche's early views concerning culture, knowledge, philosophy, and the Greeks. The Philosopher: Reflections on the Struggle Between Art and Knowledge 1872 On The Pathos of Truth 1872 The Philosopher as Cultural Physician 1873 On Truth and Lies in A Nonmoral Sense 1873 Philosophy in Hard Times 1873 The Struggle Between Science and Wisdom 1875 Additional Plans and Outlines 1872-6