The Joyful Wisdom (or: The Gay Science)
"The Joyful Wisdom," written in 1882, just before "Zarathustra," is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. Here the essentially grave and masculine face of the poet-philosopher is seen to light up and suddenly break into a delightful smile. The warmth and kindness that beam from his features will astonish those hasty psychologists who have never divined that behind the destroyer is the creator, and behind the blasphemer the lover of life. In the retrospective valuation of his work w...
Episodes (38)
Book Third, Part 1
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Jest, Ruse and Revenge: A Prelude in Rhyme
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Book Fifth: We Fearless Ones, Part 1
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Book Fifth: We Fearless Ones, Part 3
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Book Fourth: Sanctus Januarius, Part 2
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Book Third, Part 2
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Book Second, Part 1
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Appendix: Songs of Prince Free-as-a-Bird
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Book First, Part 1
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Book Fourth: Sanctus Januarius, Part 1
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Editorial Note and Preface
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Book Fifth: We Fearless Ones, Part 2
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Book Second, Part 2
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Book First, Part 2
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