Basic Writings of Nietzsche [Hardcover]

Introduction by Peter Gay
Translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann
Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze
 
One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era.Basic Writings of Nietzschegathers 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,andEcce 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 forEcce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche’s thought.
 
Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

"Nietzsche is one of the few philosophers since Plato whom large numbers of intelligent people read for pleasure."
--Walter KaufmannPeter Gayis Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University and the former director of the Center for Writers and Scholars at the New York Public Library. His works includeThe Enlightenment: The Science of FreedomandModernism: The Lure of Heresy.

1. Nietzsche remains one of the most influential philosophers of our time. As Walter Kaufmann notes, "No other philosopher since Plato and Aristotle, with the exception of Kant and Hegel, has influenced so many widely different thinkers and writers so profoundly." What are some of the main aspects of Nietzsche's influence, and what are some of the factors that account for his tremendous and enduring influence?

2. One of Nietzsche's major themes is the idea of "the eternal recurrence." What do you think Nietzsche was attempting to do with this idea? What does he seem to mean by it? What are its implications?

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