{"product_id":"on-the-genealogy-of-morals-paperback-1","title":"On the Genealogy of Morals (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe companion book to \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, the three essays included here offer vital insights into Nietzsche's theories of morality and human psychology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNietzsche claimed that the purpose of \u003ci\u003eThe Genealogy of Morals\u003c\/i\u003e was to call attention to his previous writings. But in fact the book does much more than that, elucidating and expanding on the cryptic aphorisms of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e and signalling a return to the essay form. In these three essays, Nietzsche considers the development of ideas of 'good' and 'evil'; explores notions of guilt and bad consience; and discusses ascetic ideals and the purpose of the philosopher. Together, they form a coherent and complex discussion of morality in a work that is more accessible than some of Nietzsche's previous writings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche was born near Leipzig in 1844. When he was only twenty-four he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at Basel University. From 1880, however, he divorced himself from everyday life and lived mainly abroad. Works published in the 1880s include \u003ci\u003eThe Gay Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThus Spoke Zarathustra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Genealogy of Morals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Idols \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Antichrist\u003c\/i\u003e. In January 1889, Nietzsche collapsed on a street in Turin and was subsequently institutionalized, spending the rest of his life in a condition of mental and physical paralysis. Works published after his death in 1900 include \u003ci\u003eWill to Power\u003c\/i\u003e, based on his notebooks, and \u003ci\u003eEcce Homo\u003c\/i\u003e, his autobiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael A. Scarpitti is an independent scholar of philosophy whose principal interests include English and German thought of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as exegesis and translation theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert C. Holub is currently Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of German at the Ohio State University. Among his published works are monographs on Heinrich Heine, German realism, Friedrich Nietzsche, literary and aesthetic theory, and Jurgen Habermas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friedrich Nietzsche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41384159674546,"sku":"9780141195377","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/359552_61aa3110c78542.32531603_9780141195377.jpg?v=1671878471","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/on-the-genealogy-of-morals-paperback-1","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}