Beyond Good and Evil - Softcover

Nietzsche, Friedrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1623750970 ISBN 13: 9781623750978

Publisher: Corundum Classics, 2014

Synopsis

The title of this work refers to the need for modern philosophy to move beyond the traditional assessments and recommendations regarding moral actions. Nietzsche offers instead a new perspective whereby modern persons can assess ethics and the ethical systems that underlie them. At the same time he also accuses prior ethical systems of accepting basic assumptions about morality without rigor, taking them to task for lazy and wishful philosophies. The ideas in Beyond Good and Evil should be examined by anyone who has an interest in ethics, and they are essential reading for those who would learn about meta-ethics. Even when readers may find Nietzsche to be wrong in their estimate, this work still casts light onto areas that seldom otherwise get examined.

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About the Author:

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) was a 19th-century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. His style and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth have resulted in much commentary and interpretation, mostly in the continental tradition. His key ideas include the death of God, perspectivism, the Übermensch, the eternal recurrence, and the will to power. Nietzsche began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. At the age of 24 he was appointed to the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel (the youngest individual to have held this position), but resigned in 1879 due to health problems that plagued him most of his life. In 1889 he went insane, living out his remaining years in the care of his mother and sister until his death in 1900.

About the Author:

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 1900) was a German philosopher of the late 19th century who challenged the foundations of Christianity and traditional morality. He was interested in the enhancement of individual and cultural health, and believed in life, creativity, power, and the realities of the world we live in, rather than those situated in a world beyond. Central to his philosophy is the idea of life-affirmation, which involves an honest questioning of all doctrines that drain life's expansive energies, however socially prevalent those views might be. Often referred to as one of the first existentialist philosophers along with Søren Kierkegaard (1813 1855), Nietzsche's revitalizing philosophy has inspired leading figures in all walks of cultural life, including dancers, poets, novelists, painters, psychologists, philosophers, sociologists and social revolutionaries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Corundum Classics
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1623750970
• ISBN 13: 9781623750978
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• Illustrator: Blake William