Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche
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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


Synopsis

Continuing where Thus Spoke Zarathustra left off, Nietzsche’s controversial work Beyond Good and Evil is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the nineteenth century and one of the most controversial works of ideology ever written. Attacking the notion of morality as nothing more than institutionalised weakness, Nietzsche criticises past philosophers for their unquestioning acceptance of moral precepts. Nietzsche tried to formulate what he called ‘the philosophy of the future’. Alex Jennings reads this new translation by Ian Johnston.

About Friedrich Nietzsche

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by J.G. Keely on March 31, 2016

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

Goodreads review by Bniep on April 23, 2012

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

Goodreads review by Keith on March 16, 2008

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

Goodreads review by Daly on April 17, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Barry on April 22, 2015

Nietzsche, the original Meninist. #NotAllPhilosophers......more