Dec 17, 2009
Writing a vivid poetic prose resembling that of the Old Testament prophets and psalmists, Nietzsche mounts a bold critique of 19th century bourgeois culture. Rationalism, Christianity, and democratic tendencies he argues, are the root causes of degeneration in modern society. Conventional values and attitudes--belief in an afterlife, humility, self-sacrifice, equality, compassion--belong to a slave morality suitable only to weak, inferior people.
Speaking through the persona of his poet-prophet, Zarathustra, Nietzsche calls for voiding the old commandments that reflect slave...
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