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Where to begin with Nietzsche? I'm going to the bookstore in an hour and want to get one of his books to get into his works.

>> No.10104141

Birth of Tragedy and/or Genealogy of Morality

>> No.10104142

>>10104135
>Where to begin with Nietzsche?
Shopenhauer

>> No.10104144
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10104144

>>10104135
Unless you're committed to reading all of his stuff, this is a really good collection

>> No.10104153

Start with tip of mustache and work inward.

>> No.10104154

>>10104141
>starting with the Genealogy
You've gone beyond mad senpai.
Op, start with the Birth of Tragedy.

>> No.10104174

>>10104135
Thus Spoke Zarathustra

>> No.10104175

Human, All Too Human. Or, as previous anon said, start with the World as Will and Representation by Schopenhauer.

>> No.10104185

Nietzsche said he expects you to start with his earlier works. I think he probably meant the free spirit trilogy: Human, all too human, Dawn, and the Gay Science.

>> No.10104202

If you want something essential but also a good entry point:
1. Beyond Good and Evil
2. Genealogy of Morality

Just don't become one of those cunts who think they understand him after rushing through one of his works.

>> No.10104209

>>10104135
>Where to begin with Nietzsche?
Begin with the archive, as this question is asked about once per week.

>> No.10104215

>>10104209
Nope. I'm in class right now, don't have time

>> No.10104217

1. The Portable Nietzsche

2. The Basic Works of Nietzsche

Those two have the majority of everything important he wrote,

>> No.10104221

>>10104217
>not deciding for yourself which of his writings are important

>> No.10104256

>>10104221
>not arriving at his conclusions on your own

>> No.10104274

>>10104256
>not arriving at your own conclusion by way of him

>> No.10104291

>>10104274
>implying I can't do both
>implying I'm not Nietzsche

>> No.10104740

>>10104154
He wrote the genealogy to be an introduction to his thought. The Birth of Tragedy isn't representative of his thought and I would only recommend starting with it if you are garunteed to read more Nietzsche afterward.

>> No.10104745

>>10104215
>has time to start thread and comment in it
>doesn't have time to check the archives
>something that takes less time to do

>> No.10104853

>>10104142
What's with this meme? Just read an annotated collection that contextualizes some of the more arcane references.

This is why people find philosophy so daunting, because every pretentious fuck that "reads" thinks that to read a philosopher you need to work from the past to the present. It's like super autism or something.

>> No.10104876

>>10104745
don't encourage him

>> No.10104885

>>10104215
maybe fuck off then faggot

>> No.10104913

>>10104853
You do honestly need a bit of knowlede about the greeks if you want to read nietzche well but it's definitely overstated.

>> No.10104939

>>10104142
Stirner Actually.

>> No.10104954

Twilight of the Idols goes over a lot of what he talks about throughout his philosophy. Its written in such a powerful style. Philosophy with a hammer.

>> No.10104958

>>10104745
This. Honestly we should just close down /lit/ and have it redirect to the archives. Everything has been said already.

>> No.10105146

>>10104217
This, including The Will to Power. Make sure you read all of his writings in chronological order, where the first of which is Birth of Tragedy.

>> No.10106156

>>10104135
beyond good and evil

>> No.10106168

Birth of Tragedy.

>> No.10106986

>>10104174
This.
Enjoy the red pill.

>> No.10107749

>>10105146
>The Will to Power
>start with a book written by his sister