WILL
TO POWER
By FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Copyright 2012 by Dragan Nikolic
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CONTENTS
Neither the table of contents nor the headings in the text are Nietz sche's; both were introduced by the German editors to create the impression of a major systematic work. They are retained here with minor modifications to assist those who want to locate notes discussing particular problems.
editor's introduction | |
on the editions of The Will to Power | |
nietzsche's preface | |
BOOK ONE. EUROPEAN NIHILISM |
I. Nihilism | |
II. History of European Nihilism | |
BOOK TWO. CRITIQUE OF THE HIGHEST VALUES HITHERTO |
I. Critique of Religion | |
1. Genesis of Religions | |
2. History of Christianity | |
3. Christian Ideals | |
II. Critique of Morality | |
1. Origin of Moral Valuations | |
2. The Herd | |
3. General Remarks on Morality | |
4. How Virtue is Made to Dominate | |
5. The Moral Ideal | |
A Critique of Ideals | |
B Critique of the "Good Man," the Saint, etc. | |
C Disparagement of the So-Called Evil Qualities | |
D Critique of the Words: Improvement, Perfecting, Elevation | |
6. Further Considerations for a Critique of Morality | |
III. Critique of Philosophy | |
1. General Observations | |
2. Critique of Greek Philosophy | |
3. Truth and Error of Philosophers | |
4. Further Considerations for a Critique of Philosophy | |
BOOK THREE. PRINCIPLES OF A NEW EVALUATION |
I. The Will to Power as Knowledge | |
1. Method of Inquiry | |
2. The Epistemological Starting Point | |
3. Belief in the "Ego." The Subject | |
4. Biology of the Drive to Knowledge. Perspectivism | |
5. Origin of Reason and Logic | |
6. Consciousness | |
7. Judgment. TrueFalse | |
8. Against Causalism | |
9. Thing-in-Itself and Appearance | |
10. Metaphysical Need | |
11. Biological Value of Knowledge | |
12. Science | |
II. The Will to Power in Nature | |
1. The Mechanistic Interpretation of the World | |
2. The Will to Power as Life | |
A. The Organic Process | |
B. Man | |
Theory of the Will to Power and of Values | |
III. The Will to Power as Society and Individual | |
1. Society and State | |
2. The Individual | |
IV. The Will to Power as Art | |
BOOK FOUR. DISCIPLINE AND BREEDING |
I. Order of Rank | |
1. The Doctrine of Order of Rank | |
2. The Strong and the Weak | |
3. The Noble Man | |
4. The Masters of the Earth | |
5. The Great Human Being | |
6. The Highest Man as Legislator of the Future | |
II. Dionysus | |
III. The Eternal Recurrence | |
appendix : Commentary on the facsimiles | |
On the Editions of THE WILL TO POWER
the first edition appeared in 1901 in volume XV of Nietzsche's Werke (in the so-called Grossoktav edition). The title page read
NACHGELASSENE WERKE.
Der Wille zur Macht. Versuch einer Umwerthung aller Werthe.
(Studien und Fragmente.)
Von
Friedrich Nietzsche.
Leipzig
Druck und Verlag von C. G. Naumann 1901.
In English: "Works Not Published by Nietzsche. The Will to Power. Attempt at a Revaluation of All Values. (Studies and Fragments.) By Friedrich Nietzsche." The facing left page was headed "Nietzsche's Werke" and subtitled "Zweite Abtheilung. Band XV. (Siebenter Band der zweiten Abtheilung.)" The first eight volumes, comprising the first section of the works, contained Nietzsche's books; the second section, of which this was the seventh volume, offered his Nachlass.
The editors were Peter Gast, Ernst Horneffer, and August Horneffer. On the last page of her preface, Nietzsche's sister wrote: "But I emphasize expressly that I myself am not the editor of this volume but at most a collaborator in the most modest sense of that word. The only circumstance that permits me to write this preface is that the collected edition of my brother's works is published at my behest, and hence the heaviest part of the responsi bility, with all its cares and fights, has been resting on my shoulders for many years now. This 15th volume is to be considered as the culmination of the perennial, troublesome, conscientious labors of the editors: Peter Gast, Ernst and August Horneffer..." 483 sections (490 pages) plus 23 pages of Nietzsche's plans, and another 23 pages of editorial notes. The editors did not have time to do the job as they themselves felt it ought to be done, because Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, as head of the Nietzsche-Archive, insisted that the volume be published in a hurry. There were recriminations between her and the brothers Horneffer, and they left the Archive.
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