Basic Writings of Nietzsche

ISBN-13:	9780679600008
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/05/1992
Series:	Modern Library Classics
Edition description:	Modern Library Edition
Pages:	864
Sales rank:	497,031
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.60(d)

This captivating collection brings together five of Friedrich Nietzche’s most important philosophical works, exploring themes such as nihilism, metaphysics, and the nature of morality—featuring an introduction by Peter Gay and commentary from Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles DeleuzeMore than one hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche’s most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, and Ecce Homo.  Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, this volume also features seventy-five aphorisms, selections from Nietzsche’s correspondence, and variants from drafts for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche’s thought.This edition includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide