Nietzsche

”For there is this to be observed in regard to Nietzsche’s works: to one who dips into them at random, they are likely to seem dark and tangled. His manner of expressing himself in aphorisms and of uttering half-truths in emphatic finality gives to his writing an appearance of complexity and groping uncertainty, if not of self-contradiction; but a little persistence in reading soon shows that his theory of life, though never systematized, was really quite simple, and that he had in fact only a few ideas which he repeated in endlessly diversified language.” In this short work, originally published in 1912, Paul Elmer More (1864-1937) discusses the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). With clear and elegant language, and a generous selection of quotations, More describes the life of the philosopher, and presents key ideas and concepts, with relevant comparisons to the works of other philosophers. This work is in the public domain, and the original text has been manually re-formatted for a smooth and pleasant reading experience. Read more