Beyond Good and Evil (World Philosophers and Their Works)
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- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- First Published: 1886
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Christianity, Good and evil, Ethics, Human behavior, Life, philosophy of, Temptation
Context
Friedrich Nietzsche holds a commanding historical significance in modern thought in spite of a continuing controversy about his stature as a philosophical mind. Many scholars refuse to judge Nietzsche’s brilliant writings as serious philosophical contributions. They prefer to view him as a poet, as a critic of culture and religion, or even as a superb master of the German language. Yet some scholars insist on Nietzsche’s importance as a genuine philosophical figure—a lonely, disturbed thinker who anticipated criticism of the classical ideal of a rigorously...
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