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Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Dover Thrift Editions)
Beyond Good and Evil Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future - Dover Thrift Editions Author:Friedrich Nietzsche, William Kaufman (Editor), Helen Zimmern (Translator) One of the most popular of the 19th-century philosophers refines his previously expressed ideal of the superman in a fascinating examination of human values and morality published in 1886. Conventional morality is a sign of slavery, Nietzsche maintains, and the superman goes beyond good and evil in action, thought, and creation. Nietzsche especi... more »ally targets what he calls a "slave morality" that fosters herdlike quiescence and stigmatizes the "highest human types."
In this pathbreaking work, Nietzsche's philosophical and literary powers are at their height: with devastating irony and flashing wit he gleefully dynamites centuries of accumulated conventional wisdom in metaphysics, morals, and psychology. This inexpensive, unabridged edition of one of Nietzsche's most important works offers a rich sampling of the philosopher's influential school of thought.« less