The Gay Science (the Joyful Wisdom) (Digireads.com Classic)

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm; Common, Thomas [Translator]

ISBN 10: 142093421X / ISBN 13: 9781420934212

Published by Digireads.com, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Gay Science (the Joyful Wisdom) (Digireads.com Classic)
• Publisher: Digireads.com
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 142093421X
• ISBN 13: 9781420934212
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 9 ounces

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Synopsis

First published in 1882 and revised in 1887, "The Gay Science (The Joyful Wisdom)" was written at the peak of Nietzsche's intellectual abilities. It includes a large number of poems and an appendix of songs, all written with the intent of encouraging freedom of the mind. While he praises the benefits of science, intellectual discipline, and skepticism, the influence of the Provençal tradition from which he drew is also an enthusiastic affirmation of life. Nietzsche additionally explores the notion of power and the idea of eternal recurrence, though not in a systematic way. Described by the philosopher himself as "perhaps my most personal book," he produced a work that is worthy of attention from anyone with an interest in moral psychology or the most essential themes and views of Nietzsche.

Book Description

Nietzsche wrote The Gay Science, which he later described as 'perhaps my most personal book', when he was at the height of his intellectual powers, and the reader will find in it an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views most central to Nietzsche's own thought and most influential on later thinkers. This volume presents the work in a new translation by Josefine Nauckhoff, with an introduction by Bernard Williams that elucidates the work's main themes and discusses their continuing importance.