Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the FutureBeyong Good and Evil expands on the ideas Nietzsche first published in Thus Spake Zarathustra. Darker in its philosophy, this text questions Christianity as a basis for moral thinking. In its place, Nietzsche calls for the use of bold critical thinking and individualism. |
Contents
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| 8 | |
Chapter II The Free Spirit | 43 |
Chapter III The Religious Mood | 74 |
Chapter IV Apophthegms and Interludes | 100 |
Chapter V The Natural History of Morals | 128 |
Chapter VI We Scholars | 161 |
Chapter VII Our Virtues | 189 |
Chapter VIII Peoples and Countries | 227 |
Chapter IX What is Noble? | 262 |
From the Heights | 310 |
Endnotes | 316 |
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