false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171291638m/94578.jpg 94578 34 Nietzsche called The Gay Science "the most personal of all my books." It was here that he first proclaimed the death of god--to which a large part of the book is devoted--& his doctrine of the eternal recurrence. Walter Kaufmann's commentary, with its many quotations from previously untranslated letters, brings to life Nietzsche as a person & illuminates his philosophy. The book contains some of Nietzsche's most sustained discussions of art & morality, knowledge & truth, the intellectual conscience & the origin of logic. Most of the book was written just before Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the last part five years later, after Beyond Good & Evil. We encounter Zarathustra in these pages as well as many of Nietzsche's most interesting philosophical ideas & the largest collection of his own poetry that he himself ever published. Kaufmann's English versions of Nietzsche represent one of the major translation enterprises of our time. He is the first philosopher to have translated Nietzsche's major works. Never before has a single translator given us so much of Nietzsche. 2382792 book 1882 The Gay Science with a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs total:1007|5:474|4:327|3:174|2:29|1:3| 1007 4261 1438 77 5 1 false false Wed Jul 09 20:17:09 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 20:42:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 14 15:18:22 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 15:21:57 -0700 2008
The book, to me, serves as a revaluation of how one could live hi...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 23 17:10:11 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 17:19:06 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 22 07:28:11 -0800 2008 Thu May 01 06:54:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 21 16:54:35 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 22:12:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 14 08:16:29 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 09:17:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 08 11:31:35 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 11:37:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Mar 13 00:02:02 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 19:46:20 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 11:12:49 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 11:13:20 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Oct 06 14:59:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 14:59:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 07 18:45:23 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 14:54:00 -0700 2008 ...Indeed, at hearing the news that 'the old god is dead', we philosophers and 'free spirits' feel illuminated by a new dawn; our heart overflows with gratitude, amazement, forebodings, expectation - finally the horizon seems clear again, even if not bright; finally our ships may set out again, set ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 00:32:53 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 02:56:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed May 14 08:50:36 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 08:57:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Feb 14 18:02:46 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 18:04:37 -0800 2008
"But how did we do this? How could we drink up the sea? Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? What were we doing when we unchained this earth from its sun? Whither is it moving now? Whither are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not plunging contin...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat May 09 10:37:57 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 22:50:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 11:17:34 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 04:30:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 09 08:26:21 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 08:53:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Tue Sep 02 05:30:12 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 05:40:47 -0700 2008 absolutely not about homosexuality in any way -- nor was Frederick Nietzsche "gay".
The word "gay" has been transmuted since Nietzsche wrote in the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 06:27:50 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 17:15:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 08:43:20 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 20:13:24 -0700 2009 His thoughts on the usefulness of art and the general uselessness of science as a unified ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=94578