The Joyful Wisdom: La Gaya Scienza

ISBN-13:	9798855671278
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/25/2023
Pages:	212
Sales rank:	236,804
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d)

The Joyful Wisdom is generally considered from Nietzsche's middle phase, when his writings emphasized the virtues of science, skepticism, and intellectual discipline as paths to mental liberation. The affirmation of the Provençal tradition (invoked by the book's title) is also a happy "yea-saying" to existence. The first edition was initially published in German in 1882 and the second edition in 1887, this edition brings a reviewed and updated translation of the latter made by the Scottish critic and translator Thomas Common in 1910.ContentsEditorial NotePreface to the Second EditionJest, Ruse and Revenge: A Prelude in RhymeBook FirstBook SecondBook ThirdBook Fourth: Sanctus JanuariusBook Fifth: We Fearless OnesAppendix: Songs of Prince Free-as-a-Bird