The Nietzsche Reader brings together in one volume substantial selections from the entire body of Nietzsche s writings, together with illuminating commentary on Nietzsche s life and importance, and introductions to his major works and philosophical ideas. . Preface xi Acknowledgments xiv Abbreviations xvii General Introduction xviii A Chronology of Friedrich Nietzsche xli Part I Beginnings 1(30) Introduction 3(28) 1 Fate and History: Thoughts (1862) 12(4) 2 Freedom of Will and Fate (1862) 16(2) 3 My Life (1863) 18(3) 4 On Moods (1864) 21(3) 5 On Schopenhauer (1868) 24(7) Part II Early Writings 31(120) Introduction 33(81) 6 The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music (1872) 42(46) 7 The Greek State (1871-2) 88(7) 8 Homer's Contest (1872) 95(6) 9 Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks (1873) 101(13) 10 On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense (1873) 114(10) 11 On the Utility and Liability of History for Life (1874) 124(18) 12 Schopenhauer as Educator (1874) 142(9) Part III The Middle Period 151(92) Introduction 153(8) 13 Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, volume 1 (1878) 161(30) Section 1: Of First and Last Things 161(9) Section 2: On the History of Moral Feelings 170(9) Section 4: From the Soul of Artists and Writers 179(1) Section 5: Signs of Higher and Lower Culture 180(3) Section 8: A Look at the State 183(4) Section 9: Man Alone with Himself 187(4) 14 Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (1881) 191(16) Book I 191(5) Book II 196(5) Book III 201(4) Book V 205(2) 15 The Gay Science (1882) 207(31) Book I 207(5) Book II 212(7) Book III 219(7) Book IV 226(12) 16 Notes from 1881 238(5) Part IV Thus Spoke Zarathustra 243(50) Introduction 245(9) 17 Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One (1883-5) 254(39) Zarathustra's Prologue 254(9) Zarathustra's Discourses 263(1) Part I: Of the Three Metamorphoses 263(1) Of the Despisers of the Body 264(1) Of the Thousand and One Goals 265(2) Of the Bestowing Virtue 267(3) Part II: Of Self-Overcoming 270(2) Of Immaculate Perception 272(2) Of Redemption 274(3) Part III: Of the Vision and the Riddle 277(3) Of the Spirit of Gravity 280(2) The Convalescent 282(4) Part IV: The Sleepwalker's Song 286(5) The Sign 291(2) Part V The Later Writings 293(232) 1886-1887 295(142) Introduction 297(14) 18 Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (1886) 311(51) Preface 311(1) Section 1: On the Prejudices of Philosophers 312(12) Section 2: The Free Spirit 324(8) Section 3: The Religious Disposition 332(4) Section 4: Epigrams and Interludes 336(3) Section 5: Towards a Natural History of Morals 339(5) Section 6: We Scholars 344(3) Section 7: Our Virtues 347(3) Section 8: Peoples and Fatherlands 350(4) Section 9: What Is Noble? 354(8) 19 The Gay Science, Book V (1887) 362(23) 20 European Nihilism (1887) 385(5) 21 On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic (1887) 390(49) Preface 390(5) First Essay: Good and Evil, Good and Bad 395(13) Second Essay: Guilt, Bad Conscience, and Related Matters 408(16) Third Essay: What Do Ascetic Ideals Mean? 424(13) 1888-1889 437(88) Introduction 439(12) 22 The Case of Wagner: A Musicians' Problem (1888) 451(5) 23 Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer (1888) 456(30) Maxims and Barbs 456(2) The Problem of Socrates 458(4) Reason in Philosophy 462(2) How the Real World Finally Became a Fable 464(1) Morality as Anti-Nature 465(3) The Four Great Errors 468(5) The Improvers of Humanity 473(1) Reconnaissance Raids of an Untimely Man 473(10) What I Owe the Ancients 483(3) 24 The Anti-Christ: Curse on Christianity (1888) 486(14) 25 Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (1888) 500(17) Foreword 500(2) Why I Am So Wise 502(4) Why I Am So Clever 506(3) Why I Write Such Good Books 509(5) Why I Am a Destiny 514(3) 26 Four Letters (1888-9) 517(8) To Georg Brandes, April 10, 1888 517(2) To Karl Knortz, June 21, 1888 519(1) To Franz Overbeck, October 18, 1888 520(1) To Jacob Burckhardt, January 6, 1889 521(4) A Guide to Further Reading 525(20) Index 545