The Close Relationship between Nietzsche's Two Most Important Books

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This book studies the close relationship between Thus Spoke Zarathustra and the unfinished four volume Revaluation of All Values that he worked on until shortly before his collapse. It is unlikely that he would have returned to and continued Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but he considered publishing the fourth part (which had not yet been published) as a bridge between Zarathustra and the unfinished Revaluation of All Values. More importantly, during his last years he worked hard on revaluing values, often in line with what he had written in Thus Spoke Zarathustra. This present study performs detailed analyses of Nietzsche’s texts and late notes to examine the direction of that unfinished work; it will function as a stimulus to further research on the direction, interpretation and consequences of Nietzsche’s late thought. Contents List of Figures List of Tables 1: Introduction: The Close Relation between Thus Spoke Zarathustra and the Revaluation of All Values 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Nietzsche’s Plans for a Hauptwerk 1.3 The Role and Meaning of Nietzsche’s Later Books 1.4 The Planned Contents of Volumes 2–4 of the Revaluation of All Values 1.5 Zarathustra and Dionysos as Symbols of Or Spokesmen for the Idea of Eternal Recurrence and for Nietzsche’s Philosophy of the Future 1.6 Conclusion and Summary 2: The Common Origin of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and the Revaluation of All Values 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Origin of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and of the Revaluation of All Values 2.3 Nietzsche’s Plans for and Drafts of Books and Book-Titles 1881–1883 2.4 “Midday” in Nietzsche’s Post-Zarathustra Books 3: The Role and Nature of Thus Spoke Zarathustra (I–III) in Nietzsche’s Corpus 3.1 Introduction: The Importance of Thus Spoke Zarathustra 3.2 How Has Thus Spoke Zarathustra Been Understood and Interpreted? 3.3 The Construction and Nature of Zarathustra: Chronology and the Relation between the Parts The Chronology and Early Origin of Also sprach Zarathustra The Composition of Also sprach Zarathustra, Especially the Number of Books or Parts 3.4 The Main Philosophical Themes in Thus Spoke Zarathustra 3.5 The Relation between Zarathustra and Several of Nietzsche’s Others Books Die fröhliche Wissenschaft as Pointer at and Precursor to Zarathustra Jenseits von Gut und Böse between Zarathustra and the Hauptwerk Nietzsche’s New Prefaces and the Additions to Die fröhliche Wissenschaft 1886 and 1887 Zur Genealogie der Moral between Zarathustra and the Hauptwerk Also sprach Zarathustra in the Books from 1888 Götzen-Dämmerung and Also sprach Zarathustra Der Antichrist and Also sprach Zarathustra Ecce homo and Also sprach Zarathustra 3.6 The Purpose of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Its Failure 4: Values and Revaluation of Values in Thus Spoke Zarathustra 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The Development of Nietzsche’s Project of a Revaluation of All Values 4.3 The Prominent and Fundamental Role of Values and Revaluations in Zarathustra 4.4 The Prominence of Revaluation in Nietzsche’s Discussion of Zarathustra in Ecce Homo 5: Nietzsche’s Philosophical Plans and Work after Having Finished Zarathustra (I–III) 5.1 Introduction: What Did Nietzsche Do in 1884? 5.2 Nietzsche’s Philosophical Activities and Plans in 1884 5.3 Nietzsche’s Activities and Plans as Expressed in Letters 1884 5.4 Nietzsche’s Activities and Plans as Described by J. Paneth 5.5 Important Work and Outlines in Nietzsche’s Notes from 1884 The Eternal Recurrence as a Planned Title of a Major Work by Nietzsche Philosophy of the Future as a Planned Title 6: The Relation of the Fourth Part of Thus Spoke Zarathustra to the Rest of That Work and to the Revaluation of All Values 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Nietzsche’s Plans and Discussions of Further Work on Also sprach Zarathustra After He Had Finished the Third Part in 1885 and 1886 6.3 The Nature of the Fourth Part of Thus Spoke Zarathustra 6.4 Nietzsche’s View of the Fourth Part of Zarathustra in 1887 and 1888 as an Interlude 7: The Idea of Eternal Recurrence in Zarathustra and in the Revaluation of All Values 7.1 Introduction: The Meaning of Eternal Recurrence 7.2 The Discovery of Eternal Recurrence in 1881 7.3 The Presence of Eternal Recurrence in Thus Spoke Zarathustra 7.4 The Place and Role of Eternal Recurrence in Nietzsche’s Post-Zarathustra Books 7.5 The Role and Place of Eternal Recurrence in Nietzsche’s Plans for a Hauptwerk 7.6 The Relation between Eternal Recurrence and Revaluation of Values 8: The Relation between Thus Spoke Zarathustra and The Antichrist 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The Death of God and Critique of Christianity 8.3 The Principle Ideas in Both Zarathustra and the Revaluation of All Values 8.4 The Principle Ideas in Both Zarathustra and The Antichrist 8.5 Conclusions 9: The Relation between Zarathustra and the Planned The Free Spirit (Book 2 of the Revaluation) 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The Structure of the Whole Umwerthung aller Werthe in Four Volumes 9.3 The Meaning of the Title The Free Spirit: Critique of Philosophy as a Nihilistic Movement 9.4 The Planned General Contents of The Free Spirit (Book 2 of the Umwerthung) 9.5 The Planned Contents on Truth and Epistemology in The Free Spirit 9.6 The Themes of Nihilism and Pessimism in The Free Spirit 9.7 The Planned Content on Will to Power in The Free Spirit 9.8 The Relation between Also sprach Zarathustra and The Free Spirit 10: The Relation between Zarathustra and The Immoralist (Book 3 of the Revaluation) 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The Meaning of the Title The Immoralist 10.3 The Planned Contents of Volume 3: The Immoralist 10.4 The Relation between Also sprach Zarathustra and The Immoralist 11: The Relation between Zarathustra and Dionysos philosophos (Book 4 of the Umwerthung aller Werthe) 11.1 Introduction 11.2 The Meaning of the Title Dionysos philosophos 11.3 The Planned Contents of Dionysos philosophos 11.4 The Relation between Also sprach Zarathustra and Dionysos philosophos Dionysos and Zarathustra as Nietzsche’s Symbols Nietzsche’s Concept of Übermensch and Higher Humans (Lawgivers) Epilogue Bibliography of Nietzsche-Literature Selected Bibliography of Nietzsche’s Works in English General Bibliography Index