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On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo about?
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 u
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307434487
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- History, Fiction, Religion
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (12,019 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- On the Genealogy of Morality : a Polemic (1998)
- The Genealogy of Morals (Dover Thrift Editions) (2012)
- Nietzsche: 'On the Genealogy of Morality' and Other Writings Student Edition (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) (2006)
- On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. By way of clarification and supplement to my last book Beyond Good and Evil (Oxford World's Classics) (1996)
- The Genealogy of Morals (Dover Thrift Editions) (2003)
- On the Genealogy of Morality (Translated & Annotated): A Polemic (1998)
- On the Genealogy of Morality (Translated & Annotated): A Polemic (Hackett Classics) (2009)
- On the Geneology of Morals & Ecce Home (2008)
- On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo (2017)
- On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo (Vintage) (2010)
- On the Genealogy of Morality (Hackett Classics) (1998)
- Zur Genealogie der Moral. Eine Streitschrift. Textausgabe mit editorischer Notiz und Nachwort (1988)
- On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo (1967)
- Nietzsche: 'On the Genealogy of Morality' and Other Writings: Revised Student Edition (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) (2006)
- Zur Genealogie der Moral : eine Streitschrift (1992)
- Nietzsche: 'On the Genealogy of Morality' and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) (1994)
- 'On the Genealogy of Morality' and Other Writings: Revised Student Edition (Clearscan) (2006)
- On the Genealogy of Morality (trans. Keith Ansell-Pearson) (2007)