Beyond Good And Evil By Friedrich Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche
Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
A provocative critique of traditional European morality and philosophical dogmatism, arguing that concepts of good and evil are not absolute truths but human constructions rooted in power relations and psychological drives; it develops perspectivism—the view that knowledge and values reflect particular perspectives—and introduces the will to power as a key explanatory idea. The work diagnoses the weaknesses of herd morality, religion, and contemporary thinkers, urges a revaluation of values to overcome resentful slave morality, and celebrates independent "free spirits" and the creative affirmation of life as steps toward higher types of human existence.
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- Published
- 1886
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 160-240 pages
- Original Language
- German
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- Beyond Good & Evil
- Jenseits von Gut und Böse
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