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The book Nietzsche called "the most personal of all my books." It was here that he first proclaimed the death of God--to which a large part of the book is devoted--and his doctrine of the eternal recurrence.

The book Nietzsche called "the most personal of all my books." It was here that he first proclaimed the death of God--to which a large part of the book is devoted--and his doctrine of the eternal recurrence.

Grounded in his famous notion that "God is dead," Nietzsche's most personal book--and one of his best

The Gay Science is usually placed within Nietzsche's middle period, during which his work extolled the merits of science, skepticism, and intellectual discipline as routes to mental freedom. The affirmation of the Proven al tradition (invoked through the book's title) is also... Read Full Overview

Nietzsche wrote The Gay Science, which he later described as perhaps my most personal book, when he was at the height of his intellectual powers, and the reader will find it an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views most central to Nietzsche's... Read Full Overview

Written on the threshold of Thus Spoke Zarathustra during a high point of social, intellectual and psychic vibrancy, The Joyful Science (frequently translated as The Gay Science) is one of Nietzsche's thematically tighter books. Here he debuts and practices... Read Full Overview

"The Joyful Wisdom," written in 1882, just before "Zarathustra," is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. Here the essentially grave and masculine face of the poet-philosopher is seen to light up and suddenly break into a delightful smile. The warmth and kindness... Read Full Overview

The Gay Science (German: Die fr hliche Wissenschaft) or The Joyful Wisdom is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1882 and followed by a second edition, which was published after the completion of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil, in 1887. This substantial... Read Full Overview

Written on the threshold of Thus Spoke Zarathustra during a high point of social, intellectual and psychic vibrancy, The Joyful Science (frequently translated as The Gay Science) is one of Nietzsche's thematically tighter books. Here he debuts and practices... Read Full Overview

Although dour in appearance and formidable in reputation, Friedrich Nietzsche was an ardent practitioner of the art of poetry--known in twelfth-century Proven al as "the gay science." This extensive collection of prose and verse offers a sophisticated treatment of the philosophical... Read Full Overview

First published in 1882, with an expanded edition released in 1887, The Gay Science (Die fr hliche Wissenschaft) is one of Friedrich Nietzsche's most joyful yet profound works. In this text, Nietzsche explores the themes of art, science, morality, and human existence with... Read Full Overview

Nietzsche wrote The Gay Science, which he later described as perhaps my most personal book, when he was at the height of his intellectual powers, and the reader will find it an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views most central to Nietzsche's... Read Full Overview

La Gaya Ciencia es uno de los textos m s profundos y luminosos de Friedrich Nietzsche, quien para escribirlo se inspir en el concepto provenzal de la gaya ciencia o arte alegre de la poes a cultivado por los trovadores medievales. Publicado por primera vez en 1882, este libro... Read Full Overview

La gaya ciencia es un compendio de todo el Nietzsche librepensador. A partir de la idea liberadora de que la vida ha dejado de ser una obligaci n, Nietzsche se interna con alegr a y ligereza en los terrenos pantanosos de la ciencia, la moral y la religi n para sacar a la luz... Read Full Overview

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The Gay Science (German: Die fr?hliche Wissenschaft) or The Joyous Wisdom is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1882 and followed by a second edition, which was published after the completion of Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil, in 1887. This substantial... Read Full Overview