Writings from the Early Notebooks

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Nietzsche's unpublished notes are extraordinary in both volume and interest, and indispensable to a full understanding of his lifelong engagement with the fundamental questions of philosophy. This volume includes an extensive selection of the notes he kept during the early years of his career. They address the philosophy of Schopenhauer, the nature of tragedy, the relationship of language to music, the importance of Classical Greek culture for modern life, and the value of the unfettered pursuit of truth and knowledge which Nietzsche thought was a central feature of western culture since it was first introduced by Plato. They contain startling and original answers to the questions which were to occupy Nietzsche throughout his life and demonstrate the remarkable stability and consistency of his fundamental concerns. They are presented here in a new translation by Landislaus Löb, and an introduction by Alexander Nehamas sets them in their philosophical and historical contexts. Cover Title Page Copyright CONTENTS Abbreviations Introduction by Alexander Nehamas I Reading strategies II Intellectual background 1 Schopenhauer 2 Richard Wagner 3 The Greeks III The notes 1 1867-1872 2 1872-1876 3 1876-1879 Chronology Further reading Note on the texts Note on the translation by Ladislaus Lob Notebooks October 1867 - April 1868: On Schopenhauer Notebook 1, autumn 1869 Notebook 2, winter 1869/1870 - spring 1870 Notebook 3, winter 1869/1870 - spring 1870 Notebook 5, September 1870 - January 1871 Notebook 6, end of 1870 Notebook 7, end of 1870 - April 1871 Notebook 9, 1871 Notebook 10, beginning of 1871 Notebook 11, February 1871 Notebook 12, spring 1871 Notebook 16, summer 1871 - spring 1872 Notebook 19, summer 1872 - beginning of 1873 Notebook 23, winter 1872/1873 Notebook 28, spring - autumn 1873 Notebook 29, summer - autumn 1873 Notebook 30, autumn 1873 - winter 1873/1874 Notebook 31, autumn 1873 - winter 1873/1874 Notebook 32, beginning of 1874 - spring 1874 Notebook 34, spring - summer 1874 Notebook 37, end of 1874 Notebook 3, March 1875 Notebook 5 , spring - summer 1875 Notebook 6, summer ? 1875 Notebook 17, summer 1876 Notebook 19, October - December 1876 Notebook 21, end of 1876 - summer 1877 Notebook 23, end of 1876 - summer 1877 Notebook 27, spring - summer 1878 Notebook 28, spring - summer 1878 Notebook 29, summer 1878 Notebook 30, summer 1878 Notebook 33, autumn 1878 Notebook 40, June - July 1879 Notebook 41, July 1879 Notebook 42, July - August 1879 Notebook 47, September - November 1879 On the Pathos of Truth (1872) On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense (1873) Index