Six works selected from Nietzsche's writings, including "The Birth of Tragedy," "Beyond Good and Evil," and "On the Genealogy of Morals" reflect the philosopher's critique of Western morality and insights into Christianity and art Introduction by Peter Gay Translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche's most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner, and Ecce Homo. Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, this volume also features seventy-five aphorisms, selections from Nietzsche's correspondence, and variants from drafts for Ecce Homo. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche's thought. Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide Introduction ix Peter Gay A Note on This Edition xvii Introduction by the Editor xix Acknowledgments xxv Basic Writings of Nietzsche The Birth of Tragedy 1(144) Seventy-Five Aphorisms from Five Volumes 145(34) Beyond Good and Evil 179(258) On the Genealogy of Morals 437(164) The Case of Wagner 601(54) Ecce Homo 655(148) Indices 803(44) Commentary 847(14) Reading Group Guide 861