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roseofisi... roseofisi...
 
December 16, 2008 05:50 AM

Friedrich Nietzsche...what work of his would be good to start with?

I'm a philosophy novice...where do I start?
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zhmhlo zhmhlo
 
 December 16, 2008 06:17 AM
I started with "the portable Nietzsche", a collection of a few of his books in their entirety, as well as excerpts from several of his books. They span his career and you get a good sense of how his philosophy developed. It's also a good translation.

But here's a better way to introduce yourself not just to Nietzsche but to any new philosophy, find the "introducing ..." or "... for beginners" series on the topic. These are short, illustrated books, about 100 pages or so, which you can read in 2 hours. Most are pretty good, and if you find that it's not for you, you haven't invested too much time.
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http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Nietzsche-Viking-Library/dp/0140150625
http://www.amazon.com/Nietzsche-Beginners-Marc-Sautet/dp/1934389056

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• There were a lot of great answers to this question but I find this one the most helpful. I think I will start with "The Portable Nietzsche" since it does span his career and I can sample many of his books.

Thanks for the answer!


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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
December 16, 2008 05:54 AM
Maybe the best place to start would be to read a book *about* Friedrich Nietzsche.

Here is a good collection suggestion by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/#BooAboNie

In the meantime you can watch this great BBC Documentary on Nietzsche

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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/#BooAboNie


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wboswell wboswell
 
December 16, 2008 05:54 AM
Beyond Good And Evil is probably the best one of Nietzsche's to start with.
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garance garance
 
December 16, 2008 07:28 AM
Thus Spake Zarathustra has influenced the whole existentialist movement (plus a few fascists). It is easy to read, more poetic in style than real philosophy

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v1gr0 v1gr0
 
December 16, 2008 07:17 PM
Walter Kaufmann's anthologies of Nietzsche are the best by far, go for his versions. . .

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bthj872gv bthj872gv
 
December 17, 2008 02:30 AM
"Morality as Anti-nature" is an interesting essay of his I read in class. Basically he wrote why he view religion and morality with skepticism and why he thinks it's a total waste of time. He argued that the religion and morality interferes with human evolution of the mind. He states that morality and religion gives false sense of security.

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