Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading: On the Genealogy of Morals (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) (Paperback)

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"What clues does the study of language, in particular etymological research, provide for the history of the development of moral concepts?" Such a great project - to historicise what other philosophers (even now) try to make ahistorical. Too bad Nietzsche himself cannot escape historicisation. L...

from NoLongerAtEase

Of all the books by or about Nietzsche, I think this particular edition of the Genealogy would be the best place for the novice to start. The introduction by Clark (a very well regraded Nietzsche scholar) is excellent and provides a workable framework for interpreting a text (and an author) that ...

from Michael.Bradham

A book of 3 essays. Almost stopped reading after introduction. Then again half way through first essay. Found a few statements interesting in first 2 essays. Found third essay a bit more interesting. Neitzsche mentions becoming more Chinese. Also shutting down animal aspects of humans and hiberna...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Being three essays in which the great prophet of atheism discusses the origins of morality, particularly Christian morality, in human psychology, contrasting an asceticism which attempts to appeal to a mass mind to older, pagan mentalities which the author considers superior. As always with Nietz...