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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: 3.91 · 2,972 ratings · 247 reviews · 90 distinct works

	Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common (Translator), Elizabeth Förster-Nietzsche (Introduction) 4.07 avg rating — 178,634 ratings — published 1883 — 4099 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) 4.03 avg rating — 115,739 ratings — published 1886 — 32 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 — 20,768 ratings — published 1882	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 — 14,556 ratings — published 1889 — 5 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 — 9,832 ratings — published 1889 — 67 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) 3.45 avg rating — 708 ratings — published 1888 — 29 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) 4.42 avg rating — 488 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/The Twilight of the Idols/Nietzsche Contra Wagner/The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Common 4.10 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1887 — 45 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 (Works 11) by Friedrich Nietzsche, Alexander Tille, Thomas Common 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1887 — 4 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
	Classic Philosophy: 7 Books by Nietzsche by Friedrich Nietzsche, John McFarland Kennedy (Translator), Thomas Common (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009 — 2 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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