Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche: On the Genealogy of Morality and Other Writings (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past 150 years and On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is his most important work on ethics and politics. A polemical contribution to moral and political theory, it offers a critique of moral values and traces the historical evolution of concepts such as guilt, conscience, responsibility, law and justice. First published in 1994, and revised in 2006, the third edition of this best-selling, concise introduction and translation has been revised and updated throughout, to take account of recent scholarship. Featuring an expanded introduction, an updated bibliography and a guide to further reading, the third edition also includes timelines and biographical synopses. The Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought edition of Nietzsche's major work is an essential resource for both undergraduate and graduate courses on Nietzsche, the history of philosophy, continental philosophy, history of political thought and ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316942222
• Artikelnr.: 47670030

Autorenporträt

German philosopher and renowned scholar Friedrich Nietzsche was born on 15 October 1944, in Rocken, Prussia- Germany. His father was Carl Ludwig Nietzsche and mother Franziska Nietzsche. His father was a Lutheran preacher, who died when Nietzsche was only four-years old. After his father's death the Nietzsche family shifted to Naumburg, he studied in a preparatory school and after that he joined the prestigious Schulpforta School. He studied in the University of Bonn and Leipzig, he was interested in philology, literature, linguistics and history. He did a job as a professor of classical philology at the University of Basel in Switzerland. His first book' The Birth of Tragedy' was published in 1872 and 'Human, All Too Human' in 1878. Nietzsche believed in realities of life, he glorified the individuals and culture. He openly challenged the basics of Christianity and conventional ethics. He is famous for his thought 'God is dead'. At the early age of 55 years, on 25 August 1900 Nietzsche died. His popular works - Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, The Anti - Christ, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Gay Science, The Birth of Tragedy etc.¿

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements and a note on the text
A note on the revised edition
Editor's introduction: on Nietzsche's critique of morality
Chronology
Guide to further reading
Biographical synopses
On the Genealogy of Morality
Supplementary material to On the Genealogy of Morality
'The Greek State'
'Homer's Contest'
Index of names
Index of subjects.