On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo Reissue Edition, Kindle Edition

Ecce Homo: His wit and wisdom shines through in his hyperbole, irony and deel learning on many topics. Nietzsche on Nietzsche? A work to be treaured.GOM: His analysis of the origins of comteporary morality is striking. His counter intuitive and historically grounded insights leave one shaken, yet hopeful that a better, life-affirming morality may still be posssible. His explanation of the phenomenon of "ressentiment" and the "Slave Revolt" in Christianity is perhaps more relevant than ever. A dense, conplext, systematic work of philosophy that avoids that cardinal sin which so many commit: lack of a proper historical sense.In both boooks, the prose is second-to-none.

The "Genealogy of Morals" itself is what it is. There are many others who have done a more critical review of it than I can provide. However, what I am dissatisfied with is the quality of the Kindle edition of this book. It's terrible! It looks like the publisher scanned a printed version of the book, ran it through an OCR, and published it straight to the electronic version without passing it through any kind of editing process. There are so many examples of incorrect character recognition of the printed type that it distracts from the book content. For example: "What is present-day Nihilism if it is n.)t that?" (Kindle Locations 548-549). What is a n.)t? Nietzsche already has a unique style of writing, so it's hard to distinguish between what he meant to say and what is printed in this electronic version. Another example: "...the odour of the entrails of a misbegotten soul! - ? That excepted..." (Kindle Locations 537-538). Did he actually write ! - ?, or is that another misprint. Do I look for meaning in this (as small things like this in philosophy can actually have meaning), or can I ignore it as an artifact of sloppy electronic translation? It can be very frustrating at times.Update (I'll post these mistakes as I come across them):commas!: "...we have "utility," "forgetting." "habit." and finally "error," the whole..." (Kindle Location 284)wrong parentheses: "...got to lick {not out of fear, not at all out of fear! But because God ordains that one should honour all authority)..."(Kindle Locations 596-597)random f--f the triumph?: "...what they demand they call not revenge but f the triumph of righteousness..." (Kindle Locations 604-605)On second thought, I'm not getting paid to edit this book. You get the idea--there are many, many mistakes in this electronic version, so be prepared.

Fascinating translation of what Nietzsche really had to say of Christian morality as being against human nature in Genealogy of Morals. It is a continuation from Beyond Good and Evil, in it we found that morals and ideals were the results of group-think. Ecce Homo is the philosopher’s autobio of how he came to be and why he wrote these books. Recommended read for would-be thinkers. Yet, must be read carefully so as not to be misunderstood.

Cream of the crop.Kaufman and Hollingdale deserve a medal for the work they've done here. A true gem of a book!Soooo happy it's still in print!

Best of Nietzsche, with the best translation. Many people misunderstand Nietzsche because they don't have a wholistic view of his philosophy. This book rectifies that. Many think Nietzsche is a nihilist. Not at all. A very good and comprehensive read, and edition.

It's Nietzsche at his best. Great take of religion and the resentment mentality sadly still relevant today

Nice to have this in my digital library.

Book came swiftly without any issues. :)

A good "taster" of the work of Nietzsche of whom I know little. Has prompted me to look deeper

Nietzsche é un filosofo di cui tutti hanno sentito parlare. Nell'immaginario collettivo é un filosofo complicatissimo e che aveva idee un poco tendenti verso ideologie pericolose: prezza della razza, il mito del superuomo che prevale su titti gli altri, ecc. ecc. Tutte sciocchezze che servano solo dal fatto che non si sono letti gli scritti di Nietzsche. La Genealogia della Morale in particolare rappresenta non certo una "summa", ma un interessante compendio di alcune tra le idee più importanti del filosofo. Il suo pensiero é moderno, intenso e per molti versi attuale. Di cero non é l'ideologo del nazismo come molti credono.

it's a must read Neitsche book, the quality is cheap, but at least no page is missing

I have only read the first in full. The second is an adjunct to reading Nietzsche's other works giving his own interpretations and self-criticisms.The Geneaolgy is a crazy and anachronistic theory about the origins of "morality" - by which Nietzsche meant most of all conventional Christian morality. The theory in paraphrase is the weak conspired to take revenge on the strong by inventing guilt. From biographical sources, it is clear that the apparent anti-semitism in this work was a rhetorical device. What makes the book interesting is that it anticipates many of Freud's ideas - and read as a psychoanalytical text it is intriguing, particularly Nietzsche's discussion of the idea of "resentiment".

人間社会では常にモラルは中心的問題でありますゆえ、これもまた必読の書。英訳はシンプルでわかり易いです。