Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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- Reading level: College-level
"Beyond Good and Evil" by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is a philosophical work published in 1886. Nietzsche launches a fierce attack on traditional philosophy, accusing past thinkers of disguising moral prejudices as objective truth. He challenges fundamental concepts like good versus evil, knowledge, and free will, proposing instead his theory of "will to power." The book calls for new philosophers who will move beyond conventional morality to embrace a more dangerous, perspectival understanding of existence and create new values for the future.
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Chapter 237
SEVEN APOPHTHEGMS FOR WOMEN
How the longest ennui flees, When a man comes to our knees!
Age, alas! and science staid, Furnish even weak virtue aid.
Sombre garb and silence meet: Dress for every dame—discreet.
Whom I thank when in my bliss? God!—and my good tailoress!
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This free edition of Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #4363, released 2003-08-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Philosophy & Ethics.
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