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On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Douglas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.
`Reason, seriousness, mastery over the emotions, the whole murky affair which goes by the name of thought, all the privileges and showpieces of man: what a high price has been paid for them! How much blood and horror is at the bottom of all "good things!"' On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the central values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of conditioning designed ... Read more
`Reason, seriousness, mastery over the emotions, the whole murky affair which goes by the name of thought, all the privileges and showpieces of man: what a high price has been paid for them! How much blood and horror is at the bottom of all "good things!"' On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the central values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of conditioning designed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
159g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199537082
SKU
V9780199537082
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About Friedrich Nietzsche
Douglas Smith is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Warwick. He is currently preparing a book on the reception of Nietzsche in France.
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