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The Genealogy of Morals
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Biographical SummaryFriedrich Nietzsche (October 15, 1844–August 25, 1900) was a German philologist, philosopher, critic, poet, and composer. In 1868, at age 23, Nietzsche commenced a ten-year tenure as professor of classics at the University of Basel in Switzerland, the youngest ever to hold the position. After his health began to fail, he retired and dedicated himself to writing. His first book was The Birth of Tragedy (1872), where he explored his key ideas that conveyed the conflict between two fundamental human drives. He designated these two drives as the Apollonian and Dionysian. The Apollonian drive is represented in the urge to create clarity and order; on the other hand, the Dionysian drive is represented by the compulsion to rip apart illusions and reveal the reality that lies behind them. He was a severe critic of religion and in his Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1885) he proclaimed, "God is dead." The belief that God was dead lead Nietzsche to call life "passive nihilism," whereby life turns away from itself and nothing of value can then be found in this world. Nietzsche continued to examine the moral systems of humankind in The Genealogy of Morals (1887). His most common theme in his articulation of psychological theory is his argument that all human behavior is driven by a "will to power." In 1889, he suffered a mental breakdown from which he never recovered. Even after his death, he continued to be one of the most influential philosophers of the 1900s.
THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS
A POLEMIC
BY
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
TRANSLATED BY
HORACE B. SAMUEL, M.A.
PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES (FRAGMENT)
T. N. FOULIS
13 & 15 FREDERICK STREET
EDINBURGH: AND LONDON
1913
EDITOR’S NOTE.
In 1887, with the view of amplifying and completing certain new doctrines which he had merely sketched in Beyond Good and Evil (see especially aphorism 260), Nietzsche published The Genealogy of Morals. This work is perhaps the least aphoristic, in form, of all Nietzsche’s productions. For analytical power, more especially in those parts where Nietzsche examines the ascetic ideal, The Genealogy of Morals is unequalled by any other of his works; and, in the light which it throws upon the attitude of the ecclesiast to the man of resentment and misfortune, it is one of the most valuable contributions to sacerdotal psychology.
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MLA: "THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS." The Genealogy of Morals; The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy., Original Sources. 23 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=E25D8LSDMWDTBA6.
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