The Nietzsche Dictionary

369 Pages·2015·1.83 MB·English

by  Nietzsche

The Nietzsche

Dictionary
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The Nietzsche

Dictionary
DouGlas Burnham
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Burnham, Douglas.
The Nietzsche Dictionary / Douglas Burnham.
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contents

Acknowledgements viii
How to use this book 1
Nietzsche’s life 3
The A–Z dictionary 5
Guide to further reading 351
Index 353
acknowleDGements

Many thanks to David Webb and Martin Jesinghausen; also to
many PhD students over the years, but most recently and helpfully
Jon Egan, Georgios Papandreopoulos and Brian Pines.
How to use this book

It is necessary to produce an index and not a critical
dictionary, for that my powers are utterly insufficient.
Nietzsche, letter to hermaNN mushacke,
November 1866
1 With a few exceptions, Nietzsche does not employ a
technical vocabulary, like say Aristotle or Kant. Nor does
he always use the same words or phrases to designate
concepts. Moreover, concepts are developed through
the use of imagery and symbolism. It’s probably best to
think of this book as a guide to Nietzsche’s philosophical
language. Following cross-referencing will be important in
obtaining a more complete picture.
2 For similar reasons, if you cannot find what you are
looking for, please use the index.
3 Many compromises had to be made for reasons of space.
If any important ideas have been omitted, an aspect left
undiscussed, or a key reference missed, please contact me in
the furtherance of a 2nd edition.
4 To save space, the following abbreviations will be used.
In this table, ‘n’ stands for the number of the section,
aphorism chapter or volume (e.g. H3.101); P for preface
(e.g. GMP3); and there may be an abbreviation of a section
title (e.g. EHWise4). Notebooks are by year, volume,
entry (e.g. 1875.3.63); letters by addressee and date; some
miscellaneous essays are by a title, perhaps shortened (e.g.
‘On Truth and Lies’).