Nietzsche frédéric

A9780804728867 — Hardback. New. <p>This volume provides the first English translation of Nietzsche's unpublished notes from late 1879 to early 1881 the period in which he authored <i>Dawn</i> the second book in the trilogy that began with <i>Human All Too Human</i> and concluded with <i>The Joyful Science</i>.</p> <p>In these fragments we see Nietzsche developing the conceptual triad of morals customs and ethics which undergirds his critique of morality as the reification into law or dogma of conceptions of good and evil. Here Nietzsche assesses Christianity's role in the determination of moral values as the highest values and of redemption as the representation of humanity's highest aspirations. These notes show the resulting tension between Nietzsche's contrasting thoughts on modernity which he critiques as an unrecognized aftereffect of the Christian worldview but also views as the springboard to "the dawn" of a transformed humanity and culture. The fragments further allow readers insight into Nietzsche's continuous internal debate with exemplary figures in his own life and culture—Napoleon Schopenhauer and Wagner—who represented challenges to hitherto existing morals and culture—challenges that remained exemplary for Nietzsche precisely in their failure. </p> <p>Presented in Nietzsche's aphoristic style <i>Dawn</i> is a book that must be read between the lines and these fragments are an essential aid to students and scholars seeking to probe this work and its partners. </p> hardcover