The Nietzsche Reader brings together in one volume substantial selections from the entire body of Nietzsche s writings, together with illuminating commentary on Nietzsche s life and importance, and introductions to his major works and philosophical ideas. .
| Preface | | xi | |
| Acknowledgments | | xiv | |
| Abbreviations | | xvii | |
| General Introduction | | xviii | |
| A Chronology of Friedrich Nietzsche | | xli | |
| Part I Beginnings | | 1 | (30) |
| | 3 | (28) |
| 1 Fate and History: Thoughts (1862) |
| | 12 | (4) |
| 2 Freedom of Will and Fate (1862) |
| | 16 | (2) |
| | 18 | (3) |
| | 21 | (3) |
| | 24 | (7) |
| Part II Early Writings | | 31 | (120) |
| | 33 | (81) |
| 6 The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music (1872) |
| | 42 | (46) |
| 7 The Greek State (1871-2) |
| | 88 | (7) |
| | 95 | (6) |
| 9 Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks (1873) |
| | 101 | (13) |
| 10 On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense (1873) |
| | 114 | (10) |
| 11 On the Utility and Liability of History for Life (1874) |
| | 124 | (18) |
| 12 Schopenhauer as Educator (1874) |
| | 142 | (9) |
| Part III The Middle Period | | 151 | (92) |
| | 153 | (8) |
| 13 Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, volume 1 (1878) |
| | 161 | (30) |
| Section 1: Of First and Last Things |
| | 161 | (9) |
| Section 2: On the History of Moral Feelings |
| | 170 | (9) |
| Section 4: From the Soul of Artists and Writers |
| | 179 | (1) |
| Section 5: Signs of Higher and Lower Culture |
| | 180 | (3) |
| Section 8: A Look at the State |
| | 183 | (4) |
| Section 9: Man Alone with Himself |
| | 187 | (4) |
| 14 Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (1881) |
| | 191 | (16) |
| | 191 | (5) |
| | 196 | (5) |
| | 201 | (4) |
| | 205 | (2) |
| 15 The Gay Science (1882) |
| | 207 | (31) |
| | 207 | (5) |
| | 212 | (7) |
| | 219 | (7) |
| | 226 | (12) |
| | 238 | (5) |
| Part IV Thus Spoke Zarathustra | | 243 | (50) |
| | 245 | (9) |
| 17 Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One (1883-5) |
| | 254 | (39) |
| | 254 | (9) |
| | 263 | (1) |
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| Of the Three Metamorphoses |
| | 263 | (1) |
| Of the Despisers of the Body |
| | 264 | (1) |
| Of the Thousand and One Goals |
| | 265 | (2) |
| | 267 | (3) |
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| | 270 | (2) |
| | 272 | (2) |
| | 274 | (3) |
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| Of the Vision and the Riddle |
| | 277 | (3) |
| | 280 | (2) |
| | 282 | (4) |
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| | 286 | (5) |
| | 291 | (2) |
| Part V The Later Writings | | 293 | (232) |
| | 295 | (142) |
| | 297 | (14) |
| 18 Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (1886) |
| | 311 | (51) |
| | 311 | (1) |
| Section 1: On the Prejudices of Philosophers |
| | 312 | (12) |
| Section 2: The Free Spirit |
| | 324 | (8) |
| Section 3: The Religious Disposition |
| | 332 | (4) |
| Section 4: Epigrams and Interludes |
| | 336 | (3) |
| Section 5: Towards a Natural History of Morals |
| | 339 | (5) |
| | 344 | (3) |
| | 347 | (3) |
| Section 8: Peoples and Fatherlands |
| | 350 | (4) |
| Section 9: What Is Noble? |
| | 354 | (8) |
| 19 The Gay Science, Book V (1887) |
| | 362 | (23) |
| 20 European Nihilism (1887) |
| | 385 | (5) |
| 21 On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic (1887) |
| | 390 | (49) |
| | 390 | (5) |
| First Essay: "Good and Evil," "Good and Bad" |
| | 395 | (13) |
| Second Essay: "Guilt," "Bad Conscience," and Related Matters |
| | 408 | (16) |
| Third Essay: What Do Ascetic Ideals Mean? |
| | 424 | (13) |
| | 437 | (88) |
| | 439 | (12) |
| 22 The Case of Wagner: A Musicians` Problem (1888) |
| | 451 | (5) |
| 23 Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer (1888) |
| | 456 | (30) |
| | 456 | (2) |
| | 458 | (4) |
| | 462 | (2) |
| How the "Real World" Finally Became a Fable |
| | 464 | (1) |
| | 465 | (3) |
| | 468 | (5) |
| The "Improvers" of Humanity |
| | 473 | (1) |
| Reconnaissance Raids of an Untimely Man |
| | 473 | (10) |
| | 483 | (3) |
| 24 The Anti-Christ: Curse on Christianity (1888) |
| | 486 | (14) |
| 25 Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (1888) |
| | 500 | (17) |
| | 500 | (2) |
| | 502 | (4) |
| | 506 | (3) |
| Why I Write Such Good Books |
| | 509 | (5) |
| | 514 | (3) |
| | 517 | (8) |
| To Georg Brandes, April 10, 1888 |
| | 517 | (2) |
| To Karl Knortz, June 21, 1888 |
| | 519 | (1) |
| To Franz Overbeck, October 18, 1888 |
| | 520 | (1) |
| To Jacob Burckhardt, January 6, 1889 |
| | 521 | (4) |
| A Guide to Further Reading | | 525 | (20) |
| Index | | 545 | |