The Joyous Science

Grounded in his famous notion that "God is dead," Nietzsche's most personal book--and one of his best The Joyous Science --also known as The Gay Science and The Joyful Wisdom --is a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche's realization that "God is dead" and his critique of morality, the arts and modernity give way to an exhilarating doctrine of self-emancipation and the concept of eternal recurrence. Here is Nietzsche at his most personal and affirmative; in his words, this is a book of "exuberance, restlessness, contrariety and April showers." With its unique voice and style, its playful combination of poetry and prose, and its invigorating quest for self-emancipation, The Joyous Science is a literary tour de force and quite possibly Nietzsche's best book.

Product details

• Authors: R. Kevin Hill, Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche Friedrich
• Assisted by: R. Kevin Hill (Editor), R. Kevin Hill (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9780141195391
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119539-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800