With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual impose their own 'will to power' upon the world. Beyond Good and Evil demonstrates that the world is steeped in false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. Beyond Good and Evil is one of the greatest books by a very great thinker, and like all such books it is very difficult, all the more so for not seeming to be. Nietzsche seeks to demonstrate that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a 'slave morality'. One of the most iconoclastic philosophers of all time, Nietzsche dramatically rejected notions of good and evil, truth and God. Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche DIVThe great 19th-century philosopher refines his previously expressed ideal of the superman in one ofhis most important works, a fascinating examination of human values and morality. The work dramatically rejects traditional Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche’s position as the towering European philosopher of his age. Hollingdale with an introduction by Michael Tanner in Penguin Classics.

Beyond Good and Evil is one of the greatest books by a very great thinker, and like all such books it is very difficult, all the more so for not seeming to be. About Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. He was the honorary president of the British Nietzsche Society. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Michael Tanner.īeyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering European philosopher of his age. Hoffman, Lichtenberg and Theodor Fontane, many of these for Penguin Classics. This Penguin Classic is performed by Leighton Pugh, known for his various roles at the National Theatre. 'One of the greatest books of a very great thinker' Michael Tanner

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