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I N T E R - N A T I O N A L N I E T Z S C H E S T U D I E S Nietzsche Attempt at a Mythology Ernst Bertram Translated and with an Introduction by Robert E. Norton International Nietzsche Studies Richard Schacht, series editor Editorial Board Rüdiger Bittner (Bielefeld) Eric Blondel (Paris-Sorbonne) Maudemarie Clark (Colgate) David Cooper (Durham) Arthur Danto (Columbia) Kathleen Higgins (Texas-Austin) Bernd Magnus (California-Riverside) Alexander Nehamas (Princeton) Martha Nussbaum (Chicago) Gary Shapiro (Richmond) Robert Solomon (Texas-Austin) Tracy Strong (California–San Diego) Yirmiyahu Yovel (Jerusalem) A list of books in the series appears at the back of this book. International Nietzsche Studies Nietzsche has emerged as a thinker of extraordinary importance, not only in the history of philosophy but in many fields of contemporary inquiry. Nietzsche studies are maturing and flourishing in many parts of the world. This interna- tionalization of inquiry with respect to Nietzsche’s thought and significance may be expected to continue. International Nietzsche Studies is conceived as a series of monographs and essay collections that will reflect and contribute to these developments. The series will present studies in which responsible scholarship is joined to the analysis, interpretation, and assessment of the many aspects of Nietzsche’s thought that bear significantly upon matters of moment today. In many respects Nietzsche is our contemporary, with whom we do well to reckon, even when we find ourselves at odds with him. The series is intended to promote this reckoning, embracing diverse interpretive perspectives, philosophical orientations, and critical assess- ments. The series is also intended to contribute to the ongoing reconsideration of the character, agenda, and prospects of philosophy itself. Nietzsche was much concerned with philosophy’s past, present, and future. He sought to affect not only its understanding but also its practice. The future of philosophy is an open question today, thanks at least in part to Nietzsche’s challenge to the philosophical traditions of which he was so critical. It remains to be seen—and determined— whether philosophy’s future will turn out to resemble the “philosophy of the future” to which he proffered a prelude and of which he provided a preview, by both precept and practice. But this is a possibility we do well to take seriously. International Nietzsche Studies will attempt to do so, while contributing to the understanding of Nietzsche’s philosophical thinking and its bearing upon contemporary inquiry. —Richard Schacht Nietzsche NIETzSCHE Attempt at a Mythology Ernst Bertram Translated and with an Introduction by Robert E. Norton University of Illinois Press Urbana and Chicago © 2009 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bertram, Ernst, 1884–1957. [Nietzsche. English] Nietzsche : attempt at a mythology / Ernst Bertram ; translated and with an introduction by Robert E. Norton. p. cm. — (International Nietzsche studies) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 978-0-252-03295-0 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-252-07601-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844–1900. I. Norton, Robert Edward, 1960– II. Title. b3317.b4513 2009 193—dc22 2008035915 Everything that happens is symbol and, by perfectly representing itself, points toward the rest. Everything is equal, everything is unequal, everything is useful and harm- ful, eloquent and mute, rational and irrational. And what one says about individual things is frequently contradictory. —Goethe Everything that is perfect does not express itself alone, it expresses an entire related world. —Novalis Contents Translator’s Introduction: Attempt at a Demythologization xi A Comment on the Notes xxxvii Acknowledgments xxxix Introduction: Legend 1 1. Ancestry 11 2. Knight, Death, and Devil 37 3. The German Becoming 56 4. Justice 79 5. Arion 88 6. Illness 107 7. Judas 121 8. Mask 134 9. Weimar 154 10. Napoleon 171 11. Jest, Cunning, and Vengeance 183 12. Anecdote 194 13. Indian Summer 203 14. Claude Lorrain 213 15. Venice 223 16. Portofino 231 17. Prophecy 239 18. Socrates 262 19. Eleusis 289 Notes 309 Chronology 365 Index 369
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