BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL (Penguin Clothbound Classics) by Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche is a groundbreaking philosophical work translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale, with an introduction by Michael Tanner. This influential text, published in 1886, solidified Nietzsche’s reputation as a major European philosopher by challenging traditional notions of truth, morality, and the existence of God.

In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche critiques the Christian world, which he argues is steeped in false piety and ‘slave morality.’ He advocates for a philosophy that celebrates the present and encourages individuals to assert their own ‘will to power.’ This edition features insightful commentary from the translator and an introduction by Michael Tanner that clarifies some of the book’s more complex passages.

Friedrich Nietzsche, born in 1844, was appointed chair of classical philology at Basel University at the young age of 24. Despite his later struggles with health, his profound and original thinking has significantly influenced many writers and philosophers, including George Bernard Shaw and Jean-Paul Sartre. If you appreciate Beyond Good and Evil, you may also enjoy Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, available in Penguin Classics.