On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

The translation is very good in this book and it has enough remarks from the translator to not be overwhelming but still give you the information you need to understand some of the things Nietzsche references from his time. The paper and binding are a good quality. The way I read tends to wear down bindings, but this one had no trouble. The content itself is great. Genealogy of Morals is extremely insightful into the human psyche and explains very well where a lot of our morality stems from. What's even more interesting, in my opinion, is that he talks at length about what the psychology of this morality causes in society. Ecce Homo is great on another level. It's rare to see a great thinker make great note of his faults. He talks about his thought process for each book he wrote. While this may not seem greatly informative I think this books main purpose it to encourage people to not deify him the way we tend to do with long dead figures. Nietzsche is a great writer, but if this is your first book of his I would strongly recommend reading it in entirety before agreeing or disagreeing with it. He likes to speak in extremes. I find this a great approach when it comes to understanding his entire book, but it's easy to get the wrong idea if you only read part of it. For instance, he's call the Jews some of the most harmful forces in human history and then many pages later (and with some of these things even books later) he will say that despite that their general mentality is essential to our survival and that any form of antisemitism is horrifically misguided. In general it's best not to quote Nietzsche, rather paraphrasing tends to be more accurate. He writes so that you have to actually read his work, not just read the wiki on him.

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。

this book is absolutely mind blowing. no one has thought about morality and ethics like nietzsche, presenting one of the greatest philosophical arguments “master vs slave morality”, the development of guilt and conscience since antiquity, good and evil vs good and bad. and, of course, an autobiography full of wisdom- Ecce Homo “behold the man”, and his excerpts from other books; all translated by his best scholar. must buy

I’m in the process of reading Ecce Homo for the fifth time and am still learning more

so far what i've read has opened my eyes- im not a reader as much as id like to be so i have to re read a lot of things to fully understand and sometimes ask my boyfriend for an easier explanation but the translation is well done in my opinion.