Why I Am So Wise (Penguin Great Ideas)

"And he who wants to be a creator in good and evil has first to be a destroyer and break values. Thus the greatest evil belongs with the greatest good; this, however, is the creative good.""For you do not desire to feel for a rope with the cowardly hand; and where you can guess you hate to calculate."~ Friedrich NietzscheReading Nietzche is reading Nietzche. Few intellectual experiences can bring the sort of rapture one finds in the company of his words.

There are some very interesting points but he has quite an ego which he is happy to expound upon at length. The title says it all. I've saved a few of his very nice observations, but it could have been a bunch shorter, though then there wouldn't have been enough to make a book. It was quite tedious at times, though it wasn't so bad that I didn't finish it.

"What a son of a very promiscuous mother!" would work here. But remember that his favorite reader is "a monster of courage and curiosity, a born adventurer and discoverer". Therefore we must admit that he was quite ahead of his time since he wrote this text before 1900. Anyway, I read it one century later in a cafe in Germany having lots of fun with his disgust to everything "German". Tschüss, Nietzsche.

Even if you are not a fan of Nietzsche, this little book is a great place to get a snippet of what he was all about. Granted, it's only a snippet, so there are naturally better places to turn to if you wanted more; Walter Kaufmann's  Basic Writings of Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics)  or  The Portable Nietzsche (Portable Library)  for example. That said, this 90 page book does contain several of Nietzsche's more famous ideas and frequent quotations: "revaluation of all values", "I know my fate. One day there will be associated with my name the recollection of something frightful - of a crisis like no other before on earth, of the profoundest collision of conscience.", "From the military school of life - What does not kill me makes me stronger.", "I have need of washing my hands after contact with religious people".The book contains excerpts from  Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (Oxford World's Classics)  and  Twilight of the Idols, Or, How to Philosophize With the Hammer . In sum, even if you are not interested in learning more about Nietzsche, this is such a short introduction that everyone could benefit from this brief induction to Nietzsche.

The print is a little small, but this is a great read for leaders. It is up to the reader to find practicality in the application. It is classic Nietzsche.

Love Nietzsche

I got this for my boyfriend and he really likes it! It came very quickly.

If you are interested in understanding Friedrich Nietzche's philosophy this little book is a great place to start. In this book the philosopherwho coined the phrase "God is dead" brings us two two other ones in this little book "What does not kill you makes you stronger" and "Do not spit against the wind". He was the first immoralist who believed that freeing the world from a make believe God and our accountibilty to him was the true way to redemption. He was one of the first antagonists to Christianity and disagreed with Christian morality. He thought guilt was terrible. Buy this book if this sounds interesting. I have always found his writings deep and memorable, he was way ahead of his time in the 19th century. He was truly a great thinker whether you agree with him or not. This book can be read in a little over an hour.

These are little books of excerpts, I think I was just expecting 'more' somehow. Not the sellers fault, they are exactly as described but I wouldn't have bought these if I had picked them up in a book shop.

OK but not really a keeper! It was cheap enough so not really a problem You could while away an hour or so then pass it on to your local charity shop!

THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING BOOK TO DISCOVER DURING GREAT HARDSHIP. THE AUTHOR, A GERMAN WRITING WITH ENGLISH HAS DELIVERS A GREAT AMOUNT OF EMPATHY WITH THE SECOND LANGUAGE.

Collection of writings from the master. Takes a while to get to know how to understand him but once there it's all very good. A taster of one of the world's best philosophers. Well worth the effort and it's a short one which helps.

often ask myself the same thing. good buy