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The Portable Nietzsche

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann

The works of Friedrich Nietzsche have fascinated readers around the world ever since the publication of his first book more than a hundred years ago. As Walter Kaufmann, one of the world's leading authorities on Nietzsche, notes in his introduction, 'Few writers in any age were so full of ideas', and few writers have been so consistently misinterpreted. The "Portable Nietzsche" includes Kaufmann's definitive... (more)

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

A Book for None and All

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. With blazing intensity... (more)

Beyond Good and Evil

by Friedrich Nietzsche

Either/or;: A fragment of life,

by Søren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay

In Either/Or, using the voices of two characters - the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section - Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A masterpiece of... (more)

Essays.

by John Stuart Mill

Published between 1850 and 1870, English social and political philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) offers his most sustained analysis of religious belief. Though not prepared to abandon the idea of an overall design in nature, Mill nonetheless argues that its violence and capriciousness mitigate against moral ends in nature's workings. Moreover, any designer of such a world as we experience cannot be all... (more)

Utilitarianism

by John Stuart Mill

This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

On Liberty and Utilitarianism (Bantam Classics)

On Liberty and Utilitarianism (Bantam Classics)

by Gertrude Himmelfarb, John Stuart Mill, Steven M. Cahn, Jean Bethke Elshtain

'Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign'. To this 'one very simple principle' the whole of Mill's essay "On Liberty" is dedicated. While many of his immediate predecessors and contemporaries, from Adam Smith to Godwin and Thoreau, had celebrated liberty, it was Mill who organized the idea into a philosophy, and put it into the form in which it is generally known today. The editor of... (more)

Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist

Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist

by Walter Arnold Kaufmann

This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. Kaufmann rehabilitated Nietzsche nearly single-handedly, presenting his works as one of the great achievements of Western philosophy. ... (more)

The Subjection of Women (Dover Thrift Editions)

The Subjection of Women (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill, Edward Alexander

Influential essay by great English philosopher argues for equality in all legal, political, social and domestic relations between men and woman. Carefully reasoned and clearly expressed with great logic and consistency, the work remains a landmark in the struggle for human rights.

The Birth Of Tragedy

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Victorian era, and it sounded themes... (more)

Phenomenology of Spirit (Galaxy Books)

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"The Phenomenology of Mind" in the original German. First published in 1807. According to Wikipedia: "Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 – November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher, and with Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, one of the creators of German idealism. Hegel influenced writers of widely varying positions, including both his admirers (Bauer, Feuerbach, Marx,... (more)

Fear and trembling,: And The sickness unto death, by SÃ¸ren Kierkegaard;

Fear and trembling,: And The sickness unto death, by SÃ¸ren Kierkegaard;

by Søren Kierkegaard

Nietzsche As Philosopher: Expanded Edition (Columbia Classics in Philosophy)

Nietzsche As Philosopher: Expanded Edition (Columbia Classics in Philosophy)

by Arthur Coleman Danto

First published in 1965, Danto's study argues that Nietzsche offers a systematic and coherent philosophy, anticipating many of the questions that define contemporary philosophy. Danto's commentaries helped canonize Nietzsche as a philosopher and continue to illuminate subtleties in Nietzsche's work as well as his immense contributions to the philosophies of science, language, and logic. This new edition, which... (more)

Why I Am So Wise (Penguin Great Ideas)

by Friedrich Nietzsche

This book presents a vivid, compressed overview of many of Nietzsche's mature ideas, including his attack on Plato's Socrates and on the Platonic legacy in Western philosophy and culture. Polt provides a trustworthy rendering of Nietzsche's text in contemporary American English, complete with notes prepared by the translator and Tracy Strong. An authoritative Introduction by Strong makes this an outstanding... (more)

On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil (Oxford World's Classics)

On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil (Oxford World's Classics)

by R. J. Hollingdale, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann

The great philosopher's major work on ethics, along with ECCE HOMO, Nietzche's remarkable review of his life and works. Translated by Walter Kaufmann.

Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks

Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Nietzsche's consideration of 5th and 6th century Greece, the proving ground for his philosophy.

Nietzsche: The Man and his Philosophy

by R. J. Hollingdale

Hollingdale's biography remains the single best account of the life and works for the student or nonspecialist. This classic biography of Nietzsche was first published in the 1960s and was enthusiastically reviewed at the time. Long out of print, it is now reissued with its text updated in the light of recent research. The biography chronicles Nietzsche's intellectual evolution and discusses his friendship and... (more)

The Antichrist

by Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche was a philosopher. He wrote critiques of morality, religion, philosophy, and science. His influence remains substantial within philosophy. He is known for his distinct style and radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth.

The Writings of William James: A Comprehensive Edition (Phoenix Book)

The Writings of William James: A Comprehensive Edition (Phoenix Book)

by William James

In his introduction to this collection, John representative. McDermott presents James's thinking in all its manifestations, stressing the importance of radical empiricism and placing into perspective the doctrines of pragmatism and the will to believe. The critical periods of James's life are highlighted to illuminate the development of his philosophical and psychological thought. The anthology features... (more)

William James's Radical Reconstruction of PhilosophyCharlene Haddock Seigfried

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by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann

A Book for None and All

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

by Friedrich Nietzsche

by Søren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay

by John Stuart Mill

by John Stuart Mill

by Gertrude Himmelfarb, John Stuart Mill, Steven M. Cahn, Jean Bethke Elshtain

by Walter Arnold Kaufmann

by Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill, Edward Alexander

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

by Søren Kierkegaard

by Arthur Coleman Danto

by Friedrich Nietzsche

by R. J. Hollingdale, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Walter Kaufmann

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

by R. J. Hollingdale

by Friedrich Nietzsche

by William James

by Charlene Haddock Seigfried