tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post4548758628336003993..comments2023-11-30T06:32:59.453-06:00Comments on Brian Leiter's Nietzsche Blog: What are your favorite books by Nietzsche?Brian Leiterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08749548844483929392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-38388007844048423822009-04-27T22:48:00.000-06:002009-04-27T22:48:00.000-06:00My favourites would probably be BGE and Daybreak. ...My favourites would probably be BGE and Daybreak. I think GM is a very great book, but privileged by many academics for the form rather than content (although they often claim the opposite). I think TSZ is a noble failure. I think, as Nietzsche himself said, that Schopenhauer as Educator, whatever its strictly "philosophical" status, is indispensable for trying to really understand him.davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07891569365376467522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-1072778318070508822009-03-19T17:06:00.000-06:002009-03-19T17:06:00.000-06:00The Gay Science is the clearest, most comprehensiv...The Gay Science is the clearest, most comprehensive, and balanced presentation of his ideas. It is the culmination of his 'aphoristic' period and contains the seeds of all that followed.RFGA, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11981669525574676528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-79274799463913385432009-03-09T11:23:00.000-06:002009-03-09T11:23:00.000-06:00Thanks Charlie- I didn't know that. I'd read it, ...Thanks Charlie- I didn't know that. I'd read it, and only ever seen it, published on its own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-55999446265109434592009-03-09T09:27:00.000-06:002009-03-09T09:27:00.000-06:00Matt: that essay is included in the Untimely Medit...Matt: that essay is included in the Untimely Meditations. Rob: I put TSZ third (behind TI and BGE), mostly out of respect for the achievement -- we're all still figuring out how get hold of it. I put TI at #1 just because of its wonderful ratio of words to dynamite.Charlie Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15735868132738977520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-31651083479280055302009-03-09T07:50:00.000-06:002009-03-09T07:50:00.000-06:00I was sorry to not see _The Use and Abuse of Histo...I was sorry to not see _The Use and Abuse of History_ (or whatever it's called these days- sometimes "the advantages and disadvantages of history for life" or something.) It's small, but it's one of Nietzsche's books I've found most useful and interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-59776329805868145552009-03-09T03:25:00.000-06:002009-03-09T03:25:00.000-06:00Ecce Homo and Twilight of the Idols are somewhat u...<I>Ecce Homo</I> and <I>Twilight of the Idols</I> are somewhat underrated, although I expected such results, though I'm very surprised to see <I>The Will to Power</I> at the very bottom. TI was my first choice.Narzisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07790559536240659752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-52884043735093551952009-03-08T21:10:00.000-06:002009-03-08T21:10:00.000-06:00Yes, I may be merely projecting my gratitude to Pa...Yes, I may be merely projecting my gratitude to Parkes for finally awakening me to an appreciation of <I>TSZ</I> approximating the superlatives Nietzsche himself showers upon it in <I>Ecce Homo</I>, instead of grudgingly relying on them at a tepid remove. <BR/><BR/>For whatever it's worth (not much), I ranked <I>GM</I> first (since it seems to me the most consummate, in a sui generis kind of wayRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546265581296919974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-79749007696366431502009-03-08T18:25:00.000-06:002009-03-08T18:25:00.000-06:00Neil, click at the bottom of the result the icon f...Neil, click at the bottom of the result the icon for "show details" or something like that--then scroll down to ballott reports, and you can see the distribution of ranks.<BR/><BR/>Rob, I've not had a chance to examine the Parkes translation, but I doubt even one superior to Kaufmann's is going to have much effect. If folks starting writing books on Zarathustra, as they have on the Genealogy, Brian Leiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749548844483929392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-60968447451343883162009-03-08T17:58:00.000-06:002009-03-08T17:58:00.000-06:00I'm curious if there's any way to see how much opi...I'm curious if there's any way to see how much opinions varied on any given work. I put <I>Zarathustra</I> first, but I wouldn't be surprised if opinions on it diverged wildly.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373556239088388790.post-13438943044588447812009-03-08T09:57:00.000-06:002009-03-08T09:57:00.000-06:00Within the next few years, I wouldn't be surprised...Within the next few years, I wouldn't be surprised to see <I>Zarathustra</I> rise markedly in rank owing to Parkes' wonderful Oxford UP translation (ISBN: 0199537097).Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546265581296919974noreply@blogger.com