num_pages: 862
description: Introduction by Peter GayTranslated 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 Nietzsche gathers 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, and Ecce 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 for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche's thought.Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide
language: English
title: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
titlecomplete: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
characters: Friedrich Nietzsche
genres: Modern, Philosophy, Reference, German Literature, Classics, Theory, Nonfiction, Westerns, History, 19th Century
ratings_count: 3753
publisher: Random House, Inc.