Twilight of the idols
Subtitle: and, The Anti-Christ
By: Friedrich Nietzsche ; translated by R.J. Hollingdale ; introduction by Michael Tanner.
Contributors: Hollingdale, R. J.; Tanner, Michael., 1935-; Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780140445145
Subjects: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, -- 1844-1900 -- Chronology; Philosophy; Christianity -- Controversial literature
Genres: Chronology.; Controversial literature.
Other titles: Anti-christ.
Work titles: Götzendämmerung.
Description: "Twilight of the Idols, 'a grand declaration of war' on all the prevalent ideas of Nietzsche's time, offers a lightning tour of his whole philosophy. It also prepares the way for The Anti-Christ, a final assault on institutional Christianity. Yet although Nietzsche makes a compelling case for the 'Dionysian' artist and celebrates magnificently two of his great heroes, Goethe and Cesare Borgia, he also gives a moving, almost ecstatic portrait of his only worthy opponent: Christ. Both works show Nietzsche lashing out at self-deception, astounded at how often morality is based on vengefulness and resentment. Both combine utterly unfair attacks on individuals with amazingly acute surveys of the whole contemporary cultural scene. Both reveal a profound understanding of human mean-spiritedness which still cannot destroy the underlying optimism of Nietzsche, the supreme affirmer among the great philosophers."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Translation of: Götzendämmerung, and of: Der Antichrist.

"This translation published 1968. This edition with a new introduction published 1990. Reprinted with a new chronology and new further reading 2003"--t.p. verso.

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