I declare for myself that February will be defined to a large extent to the reading of my #2 thinker
And this may elongate towards the rest of the year, beginning with his most famous and substantial works:
Beyond Good and Evil
Genealogy of Morals
Twilight of the Idols
Ecce Homo
and The Antichrist
My faves has always been Human, All Too Human, with the 2 appendixes Mixed Opinions and Maxims and The Wanderer and His Shadow, Daybreak and The Gay Science, known as The Free Spirit series, much of this is cultural criticism, evaluating things in a psychological manner, which to me is way more easy to read than material more geared to philosophical musings.
There's a nice selection i've gathered of secondary material also, namely the bios by Walter Kauffmann, RJ Hollingdale, Julian Young and a couple by Laurence Lampert.
A few decades ago the French produced some interesting volumes on Nietzsche, Georges Batailles, Gilles Deleuze and Pierre Klossowski.
1st things 1st though is to bathe in Nietzsche's own works, he is a thinker you must grapple with on your own, he is one of the most wonderful to read philosophers, which is why some think he's not one. If you got to write like Kant and Hegel to be considered a Philosopher, then ole Friedrich Wilhelm wasn't one. But I think he's the best kind of philosopher, the kind that can inspire, and challenge in the sense of feeling invested in it.
There's some audiobooks too, plus sections of other works such as the 9 volume History of Philosophy by Frederick Coppleston.
I'm not being exhaustive about this, but will see if I can work on a more thorough document over time and then post it when I think it makes me look smarter than I ever will be.
I first read N. in 1995, nothing was the same after that, and I feel that at this time in my life a reevaluation of his work is in tall order.
I don't take his word uncritically, let it be known, I see him as a brave soul who attempted to think of things differently, beyond the traditional norms that held sway for such a long time. imo, he doesn't necessarily cause you to lose your faith and stuff like that, he's like a test for a believer, i'm reminded just now that one of the smartest Christian authors is working on a book on him, Carl Trueman, will definitely be getting that when released.
In other readings I may just single out one classic author, which would be hard for there is so many, but only one would mean a more maximal comprehension reality for my small puny brain.
Beyond Good and Evil
Genealogy of Morals
Twilight of the Idols
Ecce Homo
and The Antichrist
My faves has always been Human, All Too Human, with the 2 appendixes Mixed Opinions and Maxims and The Wanderer and His Shadow, Daybreak and The Gay Science, known as The Free Spirit series, much of this is cultural criticism, evaluating things in a psychological manner, which to me is way more easy to read than material more geared to philosophical musings.
There's a nice selection i've gathered of secondary material also, namely the bios by Walter Kauffmann, RJ Hollingdale, Julian Young and a couple by Laurence Lampert.
A few decades ago the French produced some interesting volumes on Nietzsche, Georges Batailles, Gilles Deleuze and Pierre Klossowski.
1st things 1st though is to bathe in Nietzsche's own works, he is a thinker you must grapple with on your own, he is one of the most wonderful to read philosophers, which is why some think he's not one. If you got to write like Kant and Hegel to be considered a Philosopher, then ole Friedrich Wilhelm wasn't one. But I think he's the best kind of philosopher, the kind that can inspire, and challenge in the sense of feeling invested in it.
There's some audiobooks too, plus sections of other works such as the 9 volume History of Philosophy by Frederick Coppleston.
I'm not being exhaustive about this, but will see if I can work on a more thorough document over time and then post it when I think it makes me look smarter than I ever will be.
I first read N. in 1995, nothing was the same after that, and I feel that at this time in my life a reevaluation of his work is in tall order.
I don't take his word uncritically, let it be known, I see him as a brave soul who attempted to think of things differently, beyond the traditional norms that held sway for such a long time. imo, he doesn't necessarily cause you to lose your faith and stuff like that, he's like a test for a believer, i'm reminded just now that one of the smartest Christian authors is working on a book on him, Carl Trueman, will definitely be getting that when released.
In other readings I may just single out one classic author, which would be hard for there is so many, but only one would mean a more maximal comprehension reality for my small puny brain.
46-50, M