The Genealogy of Morals (Dover Thrift Editions)

FriedrichWilhelmNietzsche(October15,1844-August25,1900),wasaPrussian-bornGermanphilologistandphilosopher,producedcritiquesofreligion,morality,contemporaryculture,andphilosophy.Theseworkscenteredonwhatheviewedasfundamentalquestionsregardingthelife-affirmingandlife-denyingqualitiesofdifferentattitudesandbeliefs.Nietzsche'sworksfeatureunique,free-formstylization–combinedwithawidephilosophicalbreadth–throughtheuseof,forexample,analyses,etymologies,punning,parables,paradoxes,aphorisms,andcontradictions,employedtodemonstratetheinadequaciesofnormativemodesofthought.Althoughlargelyoverlookedduringhisshortyetproductiveworkinglife,whichendedwithamentalcollapsein1889,Nietzschereceivedrecognitionduringthefirsthalfofthe20thcenturyinGerman,French,andBritishintellectualcircles,andbythesecondhalfofthe20thcenturyhebecameregardedasahighlysignificantandinfluentialfigureinmodernphilosophy.