The portable Nietzsche: selected and translated, with an introd., prefaces, and notes, by Walter Kaufmann

The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world’s leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, “Few writers in any age were so full of ideas,” and few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The Portable Nietzsche includes Kaufmann’s definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche’s four major works: Twilight of the Idols , The Antichrist , Nietzsche Contra Wagner and Thus Spoke Zarathustra . In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche’s development, versatility, and inexhaustibility. “In this volume, one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive, passionate, and misunderstood writers in Western, or any, literature.” —Newsweek Cover ......Page 1 Back Cover......Page 2 Title Page......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Contents......Page 11 Introduction ......Page 13 Chronology......Page 32 Bibliography......Page 36 Letter to His Sister......Page 41 ON ETHICS......Page 42 FROM Homer's Contest......Page 44 NOTES......Page 51 FROM On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense......Page 54 NOTES ABOUT WAGNER......Page 59 FROM Human, All-Too-Human......Page 63 FROM Mixed Opinions and Maxims......Page 76 FROM The Wanderer and His Shadow......Page 80 NOTES......Page 85 FROM The Dawn......Page 88 FROM The Gay Science......Page 105 Thus Spoke Zarathustra ......Page 115 Contents......Page 124 Thus Spoke Zarathustra: First Part......Page 127 Zarathustra's Prologue......Page 133 Zarathustra's Speeches......Page 149 ON THE TEACHERS OF VIRTUE......Page 152 ON THE AFTERWORLDLY......Page 154 ON THE DESPISERS OF THE BODY......Page 158 ON THE PALE CRIMINAL......Page 161 ON READING AND WRITING......Page 164 ON THE PREACHERS OF DEATH......Page 168 ON WAR AND WARRIORS......Page 170 ON THE NEW IDOL......Page 172 O N THE FLIES OF THE MARKET PLACE......Page 175 ON CHASTITY......Page 178 ON THE FRIEND......Page 179 ON LOVE OF THE NEIGHBOR......Page 184 ON THE WAY OF THE CREATOR......Page 186 ON LITTLE OLD AND YOUNG WOMEN......Page 189 ON THE ADDER'S BITE......Page 191 ON CHILD AND MARRIAGE......Page 193 ON FREE DEATH......Page 195 ON THE GIFT-GIVING VIRTUE......Page 198 Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Second Part......Page 203 THE CHILD WITH THE MIRROR......Page 207 UPON THE BLESSED ISLES......Page 209 ON THE PITYING......Page 212 ON PRIESTS......Page 214 ON THE VIRTUOUS......Page 217 ON THE BABBLE......Page 220 ON THE TARANTULAS......Page 223 ON THE FAMOUS WISE MEN......Page 226 THE NIGHT SONG......Page 229 THE DANCING SONG......Page 231 THE TOMB SONG......Page 234 ON SELF-OVERCOMING......Page 237 ON THOSE WHO ARE SUBLIME......Page 240 ON THE LAND OF EDUCATION......Page 243 ON IMMACULATE PERCEPTION......Page 245 ON SCHOLARS......Page 248 ON POETS......Page 250 ON GREAT EVENTS......Page 253 THE SOOTHSAYER......Page 257 ON REDEMPTION......Page 261 ON HUMAN PRUDENCE......Page 266 THE STILLEST HOUR......Page 269 Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Third Part......Page 272 THE WANDERER......Page 276 ON THE VISION AND THE RIDDLE......Page 279 ON INVOLUNTARY BLISS......Page 284 BEFORE SUNRISE......Page 288 ON VIRTUE THAT MAKES SMALL......Page 291 UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES......Page 296 ON PASSING BY......Page 299 ON APOSTATES......Page 302 THE RETURN HOME......Page 307 ON THE THREE EVILS......Page 310 ON THE SPIRIT OF GRAVITY......Page 315 ON OLD AND NEW TABLETS......Page 320 THE CONVALESCENT......Page 339 ON THE GREAT LONGING......Page 345 THE OTHER DANCING SONG......Page 348 Thus Spoke Zarathustra: Fourth and Last Part......Page 355 EDITOR ' S NOTES......Page 356 THE HONEY SACRIFICE......Page 361 THE CRY OF DISTRESS......Page 364 CONVERSATION WITH THE KINGS......Page 368 THE LEECH......Page 372 THE MAGICIAN......Page 375 RETIRED......Page 382 THE UGLIEST MAN......Page 387 THE VOLUNTARY BEGGAR......Page 392 THE SHADOW......Page 396 AT NOON......Page 399 THE WELCOME......Page 402 THE LAST SUPPER......Page 408 ON THE HIGHER MAN......Page 410 ON SCIENCE......Page 425 AMONG DAUGHTERS OF THE WILDERNESS......Page 428 THE AWAKENING......Page 434 THE ASS FESTIVAL......Page 437 THE DRUNKEN SONG......Page 441 THE SIGN......Page 448 LETTERS......Page 452 NOTES......Page 453 FROM A DRAFT FOR A PREFACE......Page 454 FROM Beyond Good and Evil......Page 455 FROM The Gay Science: Book V......Page 459 FROM Toward a Genealogy of Morals......Page 462 GOOD AND EVIL VERSUS GOOD AND BAD......Page 463 GUILT, BAD CONSCIENCE, AND RELATED MATTERS......Page 464 WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ASCETIC IDEALS?......Page 465 LETIER TO OVERBECK......Page 466 NOTEs (1887)......Page 467 LETTER TO HIS SISTER......Page 468 NOTES (1888)......Page 469 FROM The Wagner Case......Page 471 TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS......Page 475 CONTENTS......Page 476 PREFACE......Page 477 MAXIMS AND ARROWS......Page 478 THE PROBLEM O F SOCRATES......Page 485 ''REASON" IN PHILOSOPHY ......Page 491 HOW THE ''TRUE WORLD" FINALLY BECAME A FABLE......Page 497 MORALITY AS ANTI-NATURE......Page 498 THE FOUR GREAT ERRORS......Page 504 THE ''IMPROVERS"OF MANKIND......Page 513 WHAT THE GERMANS LACK......Page 517 SKIRMISHES OF AN UNTIMELY MAN......Page 525 WHAT I OWE TO THE ANCIENTS......Page 568 THE HAMMER SPEAKS......Page 575 THE ANTICHRIST......Page 577 First Book: The Antichrist......Page 581 FROM Ecce Homo HOW ONE BECOMES WHAT ONE IS......Page 669 CONTENTS......Page 673 WHERE I ADMIRE......Page 674 WHERE I OFFER OBJECTIONS......Page 676 WAGNER AS A DANGER......Page 678 A MUSIC WITHOUT A FUTURE......Page 679 WE ANTIPODES......Page 681 WHERE WAGNER BELONGS......Page 683 WAGNER AS THE APOSTLE OF CHASTITY......Page 685 HOW I BROKE AWAY FROM WAGNER......Page 687 THE PSYCHOLOGIST SPEAKS UP......Page 689 EPILOGUE......Page 692 LETTERS (1889)......Page 696 A. German Editions of His Works......Page 700 I. The Oscar Levy Translations......Page 702 II. The Walter Kaufmann Translations......Page 703 IV. Forgery......Page 704 A captivating collection of Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal works, from his provocative musings on truth and morality to his profound exploration of human existence “In this volume, one may very conveniently have a rich review of one of the most sensitive, passionate, and misunderstood writers in Western, or any, literature.”—Newsweek “Few writers in any age were so full of ideas.”—Walter Kaufmann, from the Introduction The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago, yet few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The Portable Nietzsche includes Walter Kaufmann's definitive translations of the complete and unabridged texts of Nietzsche's four major works: Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. In addition, Kaufmann brings together selections from his other books, notes, and letters, to give a full picture of Nietzsche's development, versatility, and inexhaustibility.Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. A collection of writings by the influential 19th century philosopher features four complete books, including the famous Thus spoke Zarathustra, along with excerpts from his major works, notes, and letters