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"The Twilight of the Idols", Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was standing on its head, he should begin reading me in this book. That which is called ‘Idols’ on the title-page is simply the old truth that has been believed in hitherto. In plain English, The Twilight of the Idols means that the old truth is on its last legs.

"The Joyful Wisdom", written in 1882, just before "Zarathustra", is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. Here the essentially grave and masculine face of the poet-philosopher is seen to light up and suddenly break into a delightful smile. The warmth and kindness that beam from his features will astonish those hasty psychologists who have never divined that behind the destroyer is the creator, and behind the blasphemer the lover of life.

Thus Spake Zarathustra is a philosophical novel by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The work’s hybrid narrative encompasses philosophical sayings, fiction, and poetry, and also serves as a parody of and amendment to the Bible. The plot, a chronicle of fictitious speeches and travels attributed to the ancient sage Zarathustra or Zoroaster, emerges only sporadically throughout the text. Quite different from the historical figure, Nietzsche’s Zarathustra turns morality around and severely criticizes religion, which he views as "the worship of death".

Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil takes an in-depth look at the major truths of philosophy. However, the unique approach of adding poetry and commentary to these truths makes this work both more interesting and more dynamic than the typical philosophic discussion found in most modern philosophy books. In addition, Nietzche argues that most philosophies are centered on the philosopher's attempt to explain their own bias. The work offers insight to finding the truths not only about philosophy, but also about the philosophers who wrote these insights.

Als siebenundzwanzigjähriger Philologieprofessor veröffentlichte Nietzsche die "Geburt der Tragödie", ein Werk, in dem er sein kulturelles Weltbild präsentiert. Schopenhauer, die griechische Tragödie, die Musik Wagners, verbunden mit seinen Vorstellungen von Kulturphilosophie und Ästhetik: Beim Hören zeigt sich, dass hier ein Gigant im Werden begriffen ist. Mit dabei: Ein pdf-Dokument mit Titelliste.

The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the exception of perhaps one we must consider all these papers as fragments. Written during the early Seventies, and intended mostly as prefaces, they are extremely interesting, since traces of Nietzsche's later tenets - like Slave and Master morality, the Superman - can be found everywhere. But they are also very valuable on account of the young philosopher's daring and able handling of difficult and abstruse subjects.

In 1869, at the age of twenty-five, the precociously brilliant Friedrich Nietzsche was appointed to a professorship of classical philology at the University of Basel. He seemed marked for a successful and conventional academic career. Then the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the music of Wagner transformed his sense of purpose. The genius of such thinkers and makers - like the genius of the ancient Greeks - was the only touchstone for true understanding. How then was education to answer to such genius? Something more than sturdy scholarship was called for.

Ecce homo est une autobiographie à la fois parodique et philosophique de Friedrich Nietzsche. C'est aussi le dernier ouvrage original, avant la période de démence de ses dernières années de vie. Ecce Homo, malgré sa brièveté, est l'un des livres les plus importants pour comprendre la pensée nietzschéenne dans son originalité. Au cours de ces quelque cent pages, Nietzsche invente un nouveau type d'écriture, tonitruant et virtuose, qui lui permet de réaliser son programme de "philosophie à coups de marteau". Nietzsche est ici clair, dense et brillant. Rédigé en 1888, il fut publié à titre posthume en 1908.

"Gott ist tot!" Dieser Satz aus Nietzsches Werk hallt bis heute in den Köpfen wider. Nietzsche ging es darum, traditionelle Werte zu überwinden und an die Stelle alter Moralvorstellungen die Selbstbestimmung des freien Geistes zu setzen. Friedrich Nietzsche in 100 Minuten bietet einen Leitfaden durch sein Werk und verhilft zu einem umfassenden Verständnis seiner Thesen. Mit der Stimme von Helge Heynold werden Sie Schritt für Schritt mit der diesem radikalen Philosophen eigenen Sprache vertraut gemacht und behutsam und erhellend durch sein Werk geführt.

Though many of us might answer "yes" to that question, attracting more joy into our lives is not always easy - life and stress can seem to hinder our well-being, despite our best efforts. What’s worse, studies have shown that pressuring yourself to feel happy and upbeat when you feel down can actually take a toll on us psychologically! So, where do you begin? The solution lies in understanding the innate psychological forces that conspire against us.

"Ich kenne mein Loos. Es wird sich einmal an meinen Namen die Erinnerung an etwas Ungeheures anknüpfen, – an eine Krisis, wie es keine auf Erden gab." "Ecce homo" ist ein Buch der Lebenskunst, das keinem anderen gleicht. Nietzsche polemisiert darin heftig gegen Moral, Seele, Geist, freien Willen und sogar Gott. Und er verkündet eine Weisheit, zu der es gehört, dass sie niemals schon gefunden, sondern immer erst zu suchen ist.

Mit dem frühen Text aus dem Nachlass Nietzsches erscheint ein Grundmotiv Nietzsches. Am Beispiel des Übergangs der griechischen Tragödie zur euripideischen Komödie sowie der Vorsokratiker zu Sokrates, exemplifiziert Nietzsche seine Kritik an der Hybris der Rationalität und dem Verlust eines musischen, intuitiven Weltzugangs. Bei den mit den Begriffen vom apollinischen und dionysischen weiterhin beschriebenen »unterschiedlichen Kunsttrieben«, Erkenntnis- und Lebensformen, geht es nicht um die Markierung einer Dichotomie. Nietzsche prononciert eine gegen- seitige Durchdringung und Balance.

In 1887, with the view of amplifying and completing certain new doctrines which he had merely sketched in "Beyond Good and Evil" (see especially "Aphorism 260"), Nietzsche published "The Genealogy of Morals". This work is perhaps the least aphoristic, in form, of all Nietzsche's productions. For analytical power, more especially in those parts where Nietzsche examines the ascetic ideal, "The Genealogy of Morals" is unequalled by any other of his works.

Nietzsche gibt in dieser späten Schrift eine Beschreibung der bedeutenden 'Züge seiner Natur' in enger Zusammenschau mit seinen Schriften. Er erfüllt damit (zunächst aus eigener Sicht) seine Forderung, das Denken eines Philosophen im Wesentlichen auch aus den Bedingtheiten seines Lebens zu verstehen – und er wünscht sich geradezu die gebotene Respektlosigkeit seiner 'späten' Leser (und Hörer); den freien, unverstellten Blick auf seine eigenen 'Ideale', Attitüden und geistigen Posen. "Und warum wollt ihr nicht an meinem Kranze rupfen?" (Ecce Homo / Selbstzitat aus dem Zarathustra)

Nietzsches Auseinandersetzung mit der Religion und seine polemisch vorgetragene Kritik am Christentum mündet schließlich in eine Kritik an seiner Zeit...

Nietzsche était intimement convaincu que seule une inversion de toutes les valeurs admises jusqu'ici pourrait libérer l'horizon de l'ombre tutélaire de Dieu...

Alle soglie della follia, Nietzsche sosterrà di aver fatto all'umanità, con lo "Zarathustra", il più grande dono che essa abbia mai avuto: "Questo libro, una voce che passa sui millenni, non solo è il libro più alto che esista [...], ma anche il più profondo, generato dalla più intrinseca ricchezza della verità, una fonte inesauribile dove non si può calare il secchio senza farlo risalire colmo d'oro e di bontà". Perciò Nietzsche gli assegnerà una posizione preminente fra tutti i libri.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is the fictional account of the travels and teaching of the prophet Zarathustra. One of the more controversial aspects of Nietzsche's work is that he puts forth the idea of human evolution and the transformation of modern humans from their ape-like ancestors. Nietzsche inserts a number of controversial ideas into his fictional account of Zarathustra, including some reoccurring themes such as the superman, a self-mastered individual.

The Antichrist is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1895. Although it was written in 1888, its controversial content caused its publication to be delayed. The German title can be translated into English as either The Anti-Christ or The Anti-Christian, depending on how the German word Christ is translated. Nietzsche claimed in the foreword to have written the book for a very limited readership. In order to understand the book, he asserted that the reader "...must be honest in intellectual matters to the point of hardness to so much as endure my seriousness, my passion."

Lo expuesto por nosotros aquí sobre las relaciones del lenguaje con la música debe también ser aplicado por las mismas razones a las relaciones del mimo con la música. También el mimo, como simbólica reforzada de los grandes gestos del hombre, es, comparado con la significación general de la música, un símbolo cuyo sentido interior se nos revela muy superficialmente, esto es, como sustrato del cuerpo movido por la pasión.