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Thomas Common (1850–1919) was a translator and critic, who translated several books by Friedrich Nietzsche into English. There is little information about him biographically, though indications are that he was a very well-educated and literate scholar. He lived in the area of Corstorphine, Scotland which is now a suburb of Edinburgh.

He was a contributor to the egoist journal, The Eagle and The Serpent (1898). In the mid-1890s, he joined a project led by Alexander Tille to produce a complete English edition of Nietzsche's work. Common translated several of them, including a version of Thus Spake Zarathustra published in 1909.

In 1901 he published a book called Nietzsche as Critic, Philosopher, Poet and Prophet, which was extremely enthusiasti ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 3,016 ratings · 256 reviews · 74 distinct works

	Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common (Translator), Elizabeth Förster-Nietzsche (Introduction) 4.07 avg rating — 182,228 ratings — published 1883 — 4171 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future by Friedrich Nietzsche, Helen Zimmern (Translation), Thomas Common (Introduction) 4.02 avg rating — 119,015 ratings — published 1886 — 161 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Joyful Wisdom: La Gaya Scienza by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common (Translation), Maude Dominica Petre 4.26 avg rating — 21,272 ratings — published 1882 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twilight of the Idols by Friedrich Nietzsche, Bill Chapko (Editor), Thomas Common (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 15,139 ratings — published 1889 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human, All Too Human: Gilded Pocket Edition by Friedrich Nietzsche, John McFarland Kennedy (Introduction), Helen Zimmern (translator) 4.23 avg rating — 10,921 ratings — published 1878 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twilight of the Idols and the Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common (Translation) 4.14 avg rating — 10,034 ratings — published 1889 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of Friedrich Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common (Translator) 4.41 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 1887 — 141 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of Wagner and Nietzsche Contra Wagner by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 1888 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of Wagner/The Twilight of the Idols/Nietzsche Contra Wagner/The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common 4.09 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1887 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friedrich Nietzsche Collection -Thus Spake Zarathustra - Beyond Good and Evil (Annotated) by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common (Translator), Helen Zimmern (Translator) 4.24 avg rating — 37 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfortunate”
― Thomas Common, Thus Spake Zarathustra

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