> Skip to content
[]
  • Published: 3 December 2018
  • ISBN: 9780141195391
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $30.00
Categories:

The Joyous Science




New to Penguin Classics, The Joyous Science is Nietzsche's most personal book - and one of his best

The Joyous Science is a liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsche's realization that 'God is dead' and his critique of morality, the arts and modernity give way to an exhilarating doctrine of self-emancipation and the concept of eternal recurrence. Here is Nietzsche at his most personal and affirmative; in his words, this is a book of 'exuberance, restlessness, contrariety and April showers'. With its unique voice and style, its playful combination of poetry and prose, and its invigorating quest for self-emancipation, The Joyous Science is a literary tour de force and quite possibly Nietzsche's best book.

  • Published: 3 December 2018
  • ISBN: 9780141195391
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $30.00
Categories:

Other books in the series

The New Penguin Book Of American Short Stories, From Washington Irving To Lydia Davis
A Dog's Heart
The Black Tulip
The Lady of the Camellias
Selected Poetry
Venus in Furs
Man and Superman
Botchan
Military Dispatches
The Prelude

About the author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was born near Leipzig. When he was twenty-four he was appointed to the chair of classical philology at Basel University. He published many works, including The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Beyond Good and Evil. In 1889, Nietzsche collapsed and was subsequently institutionalized, spending the rest of his life in a condition of mental and physical paralysis. Works published after his death include Will to Power and his autobiography, Ecce Homo.

Also by Friedrich Nietzsche

See all