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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Just finished re-reading The Portable Nietzsche, translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann.
The Portable Nietzsche contains complete translations of Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, Nietzsche contra Wagner, and additional selections from this most accessible of philosophers who a wit once described as the "King of the One-Liners."
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Originally Posted by recluse
I found "Basic Writings of Nietzsche", also translated by Walter Kaufmann, to be an excellent companion volume to "The Portable Nietzsche". It includes: The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case Against Wagner, Ecce Homo and 75 aphorisms from 5 volumes.
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I read a few pages of Zarathustra, but I'm not sure the "preaching" style is for me
Are Nietsche's other books in the same style?
I finally finished the foreword of the book of Seneca's works, and am still enjoying the letters to Lucilius, I think I'm about halfway through now but I have to return the book this week-end!
I may buy it as I mentioned, or simply borrow it again when I come back from my holiday. I think it's the first time I enjoy a book this old so much. In part I think it's because of the quality of the translation, which uses my own modern language and makes it very accessible, but not only. But to be honest I'm not sure why I like them so much