Classic Book Reader
Cover of Thoughts out of Season, Part I

Thoughts out of Season, Part I

by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844–1900)

  • Free to read
  • 4 hours to read
  • 24 chapters
  • Reading level: College-level

"Thoughts out of Season, Part I" by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is a philosophical essay published in 1873. This work launches a fierce attack on contemporary German culture through a critique of David Strauss's "The Old and the New Faith." Nietzsche targets what he sees as vulgar pseudo-culture and intellectual mediocrity, demolishing Strauss's vision of a scientifically-determined faith. The essay marks Nietzsche's emerging polemical style, combining youthful audacity with biting humor as he challenges the prevailing cultural complacency of his time.

Read free now No app, no sign-up. Your place is saved automatically. Or download for your e-reader ↓
  • Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
  • Philosophy, German
  • Strauss, David Friedrich, 1808-1874

Read the opening

Part I: David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer

ANTHONY M. LUDOVICI
_________________________________________________________________

EDITORIAL NOTE

NIETZSCHE IN ENGLAND (BY THE EDITOR)

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO DAVID STRAUSS AND RICHARD WAGNER IN
REUTH

DAVID STRAUSS, THE CONFESSOR AND THE WRITER

Keep reading Thoughts out of Season, Part I →

Contents

  1. Part I: David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer
  2. Part I: David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer
  3. Chapter I
  4. Chapter II
  5. Chapter III
  6. Chapter IV
  7. Chapter V
  8. Chapter VI
  9. Chapter VII
  10. Chapter VIII
  11. Chapter IX
  12. Chapter X
  13. Chapter XI
  14. Chapter XII
  15. Chapter I
  16. Chapter II
  17. Chapter III
  18. Chapter IV
  19. Chapter V
  20. Chapter VI
  21. Chapter VII
  22. Chapter VIII
  23. Chapter IX
  24. Chapter X
  25. Chapter XI

Download for your e-reader

Files are provided by Project Gutenberg. On a Kindle, the simplest route is to send the EPUB with Amazon’s Send to Kindle. Downloaded copies don’t sync with your place on Classic Book Reader.

About this edition

This free edition of Thoughts out of Season, Part I by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #5652, released 2004-05-01. 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: German Literature, Philosophy & Ethics.

Other editions: eBook #51710.

Summary provided by Project Gutenberg (automatically generated).

More by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche