Why I Am so Clever

Author(s): Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy

Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether? Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness.   One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946.


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Friedrich Nietzsche was born near Leipzig in 1844. When he was only twenty-four he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at Basel University. Works published in the 1880s include The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals, Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist. In January 1889, Nietzsche collapsed on a street in Turin and was subsequently institutionalized, spending the rest of his life in a condition of mental and physical paralysis. Works published after his death in 1900 include Will to Power, based on his notebooks, and Ecce Homo, his autobiography.

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  • : 9780241251850
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : May 2016
  • : May 2016
  • : books

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  • : Friedrich Nietzsche
  • : Paperback
  • : 51