Beyond Good and Evil

work by Nietzsche

Also known as: “Jenseits von Gut und Böse”

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Beyond Good and Evil (1886) is a philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche. In it, Nietzsche criticizes traditional Judeo-Christian ethics, labeling it a "slave morality" that devalues strength and self-affirmation. He proposes a "revaluation of all values" to move beyond conventional morality, leading to the ideal of the Übermensch (superman). This concept suggests individuals who transcend ordinary moral standards and create their own values. Nietzsche's ideas, particularly his concept of the "will to power," have been misinterpreted, but he primarily advocated for self-affirmation rather than oppression.12

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In Beyond Good and Evil (1886), he wrote with approval of “the distinguished type of morality,” according to which “one has duties only toward one’s equals; toward beings of a lower rank, toward everything foreign to one, one may act as one sees fit, ‘as one’s…
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In Beyond Good and Evil (1886), he wrote with approval of “the distinguished type of morality,” according to which “one has duties only toward one’s equals; toward beings of a lower rank, toward everything foreign to one, one may act as one sees fit, ‘as one’s…
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…von Gut und Böse (Beyond Good and Evil) and in 1887 of Zur Genealogie der Moral (On the Genealogy of Morals), also failed to win a proper audience.
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…von Gut und Böse (Beyond Good and Evil) and in 1887 of Zur Genealogie der Moral (On the Genealogy of Morals), also failed to win a proper audience.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
…von Gut und Böse (1886; Beyond Good and Evil) proclaimed the new ideals. In these works, Nietzsche also questioned the value of truth and knowledge, espousing the view that “facts are precisely what there is not, only interpretations.” Nietzsche’s perspectivism, reflected in the composition of some of his works as…
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…von Gut und Böse (1886; Beyond Good and Evil) proclaimed the new ideals. In these works, Nietzsche also questioned the value of truth and knowledge, espousing the view that “facts are precisely what there is not, only interpretations.” Nietzsche’s perspectivism, reflected in the composition of some of his works as…
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