

The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual. Specifically, he accuses them of founding grand metaphysical systems upon the faith that the good man is the opposite of the evil man, rather than just a different expression of the same basic impulses that find more direct expression in the evil man. In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. It draws on and expands the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but with a more critical and polemical approach. His book, Beyond Good and Evil was one of the last books he wrote, during the. BlurbBeyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1886. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title: Beyond Good and Evil Author: Friedrich Nietzsche Translator: Helen Zimmern Release Date: DecemEBook 4363 Last Updated: FebruLanguage: English Character set encoding. Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher that was born in the mid-19th century.
