**This captivating collection brings together five of Friedrich Nietzche’s most important philosophical works, exploring themes such as nihilism, metaphysics, and the nature of morality—featuring an introduction by Peter Gay and commentary from Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze** More than one hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. *Basic Writings of Nietzsche* gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche’s most important works, from his first book to his last: *The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, The Case of Wagner,* and *Ecce Homo*. Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche scholar Walter Kaufmann, this volume also features seventy-five aphorisms, selections from Nietzsche’s correspondence, and variants from drafts for *Ecce Homo*. It is a definitive guide to the full range of Nietzsche’s thought. **This edition includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide**
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garybehun (verified owner) –
The late professor Kaufmann was the first reliable translator of Nietzsche’s writings after WW11. Since then most all of the important books Nietzsche wrote have been translated by others as equally, if not better, than Kaufmann. However, all American translators of Nietzsche’s works still have a high regard for Kaufmann’s translations. This collection of basic writings by Nietzsche translated by Kaufmann is a good place to start but to gain a greater understanding of Nietzsche you have to read the rest of his books.