

Beyond Good and Evil
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Narrator: Alex Jennings, with Roy McMillan
Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 06/30/2008
Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
Narrator: Alex Jennings, with Roy McMillan
Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 06/30/2008
Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philosopher and philologist whose best-known works include Thus Spoke Zarathustra; Ecce Homo; Human, All Too Human; and Beyond Good and Evil. Much of his work is characterized by radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth and criticism of traditional ideals of morality. Nietzsche's writings were significant influences on the existentialist, nihilist, and postmodernist schools of thought, as well as on the work of such later writers as Herman Hesse, Albert Camus, Sigmund Freud, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
I can think of few instances where an author's reputation is more different from the reality of who he was, what he believed, and what he wrote--perhaps only Machiavelli has been as profoundly misunderstood by history. Today, Nietzsche tends to be thought of as a depressive nihilist, a man who belie......more
I recommend, but with a warning. The vast majority of people will not get much out of this book. Filtering through these reviews, I see a lot of people who are clearly not meant for Nietzsche's writing. They tend to fall under a couple of categories 1) Easily Offended: when Nietzsche says something t......more
For those of you who are unfamiliar with him, Friedrich Nietzsche was an angry little man who protected himself from the Mean Old World by swaddling himself in an exaggerated ego (and an even more exaggerated moustache). Rather than suggest that you read any or all of his works, I've taken the libert......more
Beyond Good and Evil is a thought-provoking philosophical masterpiece that challenges conventional notions of morality and ethics. This book is a must-read or must-listen (Audiobook - Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche) for anyone seeking to delve into the depths of human existence and cons......more