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Thomas Common, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"Zarathustra" is my brother’s most personal work; it is the history of his most individual experiences, of his friendships, ideals, raptures, bitterest disappointments and sorrows. Above it all, however, there soars, transfiguring it, the image of his greatest hopes and remotest aims. My brother had the figure of Zarathustra in his mind from his very earliest youth: he once told me that even as a child he had dreamt of him. At different periods in his life, he would call this haunter of his d...

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,Thomas Common (Translator)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also sprach Zarathustra, sometimes translated Thus Spake Zarathustra), subtitled A Book for All and None (Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen), is a written work by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Overman, which were first introduced in The Gay Science.Described by Nietzsch...

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Frederich Nietzsche, J. M. Kennedy

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Helen Zimmern, Thomas Common

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Arcturus Classics

Ranging from a few words to a few pages, the aphorisms in Human, All Too Human present Friedrich Nietzsche's thoughts on a variety of subjects, including the nature of reality (metaphysics); moral feelings, especially the concepts of good and evil; the argument that great art is the product of hard work as opposed to 'genius' and inspiration; free-thinking; the evolution of men, women and children; and the limitations that people put on their own thoughts and reasoning.The...

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Frederich Nietzsche

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Thomas Common, Gerta Valentine, Helen Zimmern, Horace B. Samuel

This anthology brings together the classic works of Friedrich Nietzsche. One of the most prominent thinkers of the 19th century, Nietzsche was a cultural critic and philosopher whose theories on truth, morality, nihilism and the meaning of existence have had enormous influence on Western philosophy. This anthology contains his most prominent works, including:• Human, All Too Human• Thus Spake Zarathustra• Beyond Good and Evil• On the Genealogy of Morals•...

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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J. M. Kennedy, Maximillian A. Mügge, W. A. Haussmann, Anthony M. Ludovic, Adrian Collins, Thomas Common, Helen Zimmern, Horace B. Samuel, H. L. Mencken

"My problems are new, my psychological horizon frighteningly comprehensive, my language bold and clear; there may well be no books written in German which are richer in ideas and more independent than mine". – Nietzsche`s Letter to Carl Fuchs (14 December 1887).Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history.Nietzsche's writing spans philosophical ...

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Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None is a book written during the 1880s by the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. Hard to categorise, the work is a treatise on philosophy, a masterly work of literature, in parts a collection of poetry and in others a parody of and amendment to the Bible. Consisting largely of speeches by the book's hero, prophet Zarathustra, the work's content extends across a mass of styles and subject matter. Nietzsche himself described the work as "the ...

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Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common

Thus Spake Zarathustraby Friedrich Nietzsche translated by Thomas CommonA 19th-century literary masterpiece, tremendously influential in the arts and in philosophy, uses the Persian religious leader Zarathustra to voice the author’s views, including the introduction of the controversial doctrine of the Übermensch, or "superman," a term later perverted by Nazi propagandists. A passionate, quasi-biblical style is employed to inspire readers to become more than they have been a...

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Friedrich Nietzsche, Penelope Hightower

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Thomas Common, Helen Zimmern, Wm. A. Haussmann

Friedrich Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Hellenism & Pessimism" is a profound exploration of morality, human existence, and cultural criticism. The book deftly intertwines Nietzsche's signature aphoristic style with poetic narrative, challenging conventional moral dichotomies. Through the lens of existential thought and ancient Greek philosophy, Nietzsche unveils the complexities of human experience, addressing themes of nihilism and the will to power. This w...

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Friedrich Nietzsche, Anthony M. Ludovici

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Thomas Common

"Thus Spoke Zarathustra" is the philosophical and literary masterpiece by Friedrich Nietzsche, presented as the speeches and wanderings of the prophet Zarathustra.Blending poetry, parable, satire, and dramatic proclamation, the book explores humanity's struggle to overcome inherited beliefs and create new values. Zarathustra announces the idea of the Übermensch (literally "overman" or more commonly "superman"), an individual who transcends conventional morality and continually rema...

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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Thomas Common

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The Gilded Library

Complete and unabridged, with 94 full-page plates by Ferdinand Hodler, Joos de Momper the Younger and Jan Nowopacký. A hermit comes down from ten years in the mountains to teach the death of God, the eternal return and the man who is to be overcome, and finds his listeners want a rope-dancer instead. Nietzsche wrote the four parts in bursts of ten days each between 1883 and 1885 and had the fourth printed privately in forty copies. He wrote it in the cadence of Luther's Bible in order to a...

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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Thomas Common

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Great Minds Masterworks

First published between 1883 and 1885, Thus Spake Zarathustra stands as a cornerstone of modern philosophy. Blending philosophy, literature, and poetic narrative, Nietzsche explores themes such as the death of God, the will to power, eternal recurrence, and the evolution of human values.Through a series of symbolic speeches and parables, Zarathustra calls upon humanity to transcend conventional morality and embrace a new vision of self-overcoming. Nietzsche challenges read...

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Friedrich Nietzsche

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Thomas Common

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Chronicles & Essays

Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by Caspar David Friedrich, Giovanni Segantini and Ferdinand Hodler. A hermit comes down from ten years in the mountains to teach the death of God, the eternal return and the man who is to be overcome, and finds his listeners want a rope-dancer instead. Nietzsche wrote the four parts in bursts of ten days each between 1883 and 1885 and had the fourth printed privately in forty copies. He wrote it in the cadence of Luther's Bible in order to ...