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The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
- ISBN13: 9780394719856
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Nietzsche called The Gay Science “the most personal of all my books.” It was here that he first proclaimed the death of God — to which a large part of the book is devoted — and his doctrine of the eternal recurrence.Walter Kaufmann’s commentary, with its many quotations from previously untranslated letters, brings to life Nietzsche as a human being and illuminates his philosophy. The book contains some of Nietzsche’s most sustained discussions of art and morality,… More >>
The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
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The Gay Science
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First published in 1882 and revised in 1887, “The Gay Science (The Joyful Wisdom)” was written at the peak of Nietzsche’s intellectual abilities. It includes a large number of poems and an appendix of songs, all written with the intent of encouraging freedom of the mind. While he praises the benefits of science, intellectual discipline, and skepticism, the influence of the Provençal tradition from which he drew is also an enthusiastic affirmation of life. Nietzsche… More >>
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