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Joyful Science; Idylls From Messina; Unpublished Fragments From - Volume 6

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Written on the threshold of Thus Spoke Zarathustra during a high point of social, intellectual and psychic vibrancy, The Joyful Science (frequently translated as The Gay Science) is one of Nietzsche's thematically tighter books. Here he debuts and practices the art of amor fati, love of fate, to explore what is "species preserving" in relation to happiness (Book One); inspiration and the role of art as they keep us mentally fit for inhabiting a world dominated by science (Book Two); the challenges of living authentically and overcoming after the death of God (Book Three); and the crescendo of life affirmation in which Nietzsche revealed the doctrine of eternal recurrence and previewed the figure of Zarathustra (Book Four). Invigorated and motivated by Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche in 1887 added a new preface, an appendix of poems, and Book Five, where he deepened the critique of science and displayed a more genealogical approach.

This volume provides the first English translation of the Idylls from Messina and, more importantly, it includes the first English translation of the notebooks of 1881-1882, in which Nietzsche first formulated the eternal recurrence. Structurally and stylistically, The Joyful Science remains Nietzsche's most effective book of aphorisms, immediately after which he took on the voice and alter ego of Zarathustra in order to push beyond the boundaries of even the most liberating prose.

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Adrian Del Caro is Professor of German and Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Tennessee.

Product details

Authors Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Assisted by Alan Schrift (Editor), Adrian Del Caro (Translation)
Publisher Stanford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2023
 
EAN 9781503632325
ISBN 978-1-5036-3232-5
No. of pages 784
Series Complete Works of Friedrich Ni
The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche
Subject Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day

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