Major Works

• On the Genealogy of Morals

  - Zur Genealogie der Moral: Eine Streitschrift, 1887. Recommended translation: On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo, trans. Walter Kaufmann, Vintage Books, 1969.
  Excerpt: We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge—and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves—how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves? It has rightly been said: “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be… More

Commentary

• Nietzsche as Philosopher

  - Arthur C. Danto, Nietzsche as Philosopher, MacMillan, 1965; expanded ed. Columbia University Press, 2005.
  About the book: Few philosophers are as widely read or as widely misunderstood as Friedrich Nietzsche. When Danto’s classic study was first published in 1965, many regarded Nietzsche as a brilliant but somewhat erratic thinker. Danto, however, presented… More

• “Why a Genealogy of Morals?”

  - Bergoffen, Debra B.  "Why a Genealogy of Morals?"  Man and World 16 (1983): 129-138.
  Excerpt: “Why a genealogy of morals? At first glance this does not appear to be one of the more pressing or difficult issues of Nietzsche’s philosophy. It is common knowl- edge that On The Genealogy of Morals was written to directly explicate the… More

• Nietzsche’s Dangerous Game: Philosophy in the Twilight of the Idols

  - Daniel Conway, Nietzsche's Dangerous Game: Philosophy in the Twilight of the Idols, Cambridge University Press, 1991.
  Excerpt: This book undertakes a critical appraisal of the political philosophy that informs the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche from the period 1885-88. The interpretive task I have set for myself is twofold: First, I reconstruct the revised critique of… More

• Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Geneaology

  - Williams, Bernard.  Truth and Truthfulness: An Essay in Geneaology (Princeton: Princeton U. Press, 2002).
  From the Publisher: “What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic… More

• Leo Strauss Seminar on Nietzsche

  - Strauss, Leo. "Transcript of Seminar on Nietzsche." University of Chicago, 1967. Leo Strauss Archives. https://leostrausscenter.uchicago.edu
  Transcripts of a 1967 seminar course given by Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago on Nietzsche’s works, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morals. Excerpt: It is customary and justified to some extent to speak of… More