Unpublished Fragments (Spring 1885–Spring 1886): Volume 16 (The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche)

"This volume of The Complete Works provides the first English translation of all Nietzsche's unpublished notes from April 1885 to the summer of 1886, the period in which he wrote his breakthrough philosophical books Beyond Good and Evil and On the Genealogy of Morality. Keen to reinvent himself after Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the philosopher used these unpublished notes to chart his search for a new philosophical voice. The notebooks contain copious drafts of book titles; critical retrospection on his earlier projects; a critique of the feminine; prophetic commentary on Germany; and forays into metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and language. They also reveal his deep concern for Europe and its future and a burgeoning presence of the Dionysian. We learn what Nietzsche was reading and from whom he borrowed, and we find a considerable portion of notes and fragments from the non-book 'Will to Power,' though here they are unembellished and unmediated. Richly annotated and accompanied by a detailed translator's afterword, this landmark volume sheds light on the controversy surrounding the Nachlass of the 1880s"-- Page 4 de la couverture Contents 8 A Note on This Edition by Ernst Behler and Alan D. Schrift 10 Notebook 34 = N VII I. April-June 1885 14 Notes 432 Notebook 35 = W I 3a. May-July 1885 93 Notes 443 Notebook 36 = W I 4. June-July 1885 128 Notes 446 Notebook 37 = W I 6a. June-July 1885 151 Notes 449 Notebook 38 = Mp XVI 1a. Mp XVI 2a. Mp XV 2b. June-July 1885 168 Notes 450 Notebook 39 = N VII 2a. Z I 2b. August-September 1885 189 Notes 452 Notebook 40 = W I 7a. August-September 1885 198 Notes 452 Notebook 41 = W I 5. August-September 1885 234 Notes 455 Notebook 42 = Mp XVII 2a. August-September 1885 253 Notes 457 Notebook 43 = Z I 2c. Autumn 1885 260 Notes 458 Notebook 44 = Mp XVII 2b. Autumn 1885 265 Notes 458 Notebook 45 = W I 6b. Autumn 1885 269 Notes 458 Prefatory Note by Mazzino Montinari to KSA Volume 12 271 Notebook 1 = N VII 2b. Autumn 1885-Spring 1886 274 Notes 459 Notebook 2 = W I 8. Autumn 1885-Autumn 1886 325 Notes 465 Notebook 3 = W I 7b. W I 3b. Mp XVI 2b. Mp XVI 1b. Beginning 1886-Spring 1886 416 Notes 476 Notebook 4 = D 18. Mp XV 2c. Mp XVII 3a. Mp XVI 1b. Beginning 1886-Spring 1886 421 Notes 477 Notes 430 Symbols and Abbreviations 430 Editorial Note to Volume 16 431 [34 = N VII 1.] 432 [35 = W I 3a.] 443 [36 = W I 4.] 446 [37 = W I 6a.] 449 [38 = Mp XVI 1a. Mp XVI 2a. Mp XV 2b.] 450 [39 = N VII 2a. Z I 2b.] 452 [40 = W I 7a.] 452 [41 = W I 5.] 455 [42 = Mp XVI I 2a.] 457 [43 = Z I 2c.] 458 [44 = Mp XVII 2b.] 458 [45 = W I 6b.] 458 [1 = N VII 2b.] 459 [2 = W I 8.] 465 [3 = W I 7b. W I 3b. Mp XVI 2b. Mp XVI 1b.] 476 [4 = D 18. Mp XV 2c. Mp XVII 3a. Mp XVI 1b.] 477 Afterword to the Unpublished Fragments from {Spring 1885} to Autumn 1885 (Group {34}-40) by Giorgio Colli 478 Translator's Afterword by Adrian Del Caro 486 Index of Persons 542 Subject Index 558