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Friedrich Nietzsche · Translated by Helen Zimmern; closing poem translated by L. A. Magnus

Beyond Good and Evil

Question the assumptions behind philosophical systems and moral judgments through Nietzsche’s experiments in argument, aphorism, and perspective.

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1: Prejudices of Philosophers
  3. Chapter 2: The Free Spirit
  4. Chapter 3: The Religious Mood
  5. Chapter 4: Apophthegms and Interludes
  6. Chapter 5: The Natural History of Morals
  7. Chapter 6: We Scholars
  8. Chapter 7: Our Virtues
  9. Chapter 8: Peoples and Countries
  10. Chapter 9: What Is Noble?
  11. From the Heights · Closing poem

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Friedrich Nietzsche · Translated by Helen Zimmern; closing poem translated by L. A. Magnus. Digital source: Project Gutenberg, ebook 4363. This reading text follows the edition used in our interactive reader.

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