The Will to Power

617 Pages·1968·16 MB·English

by  Friedrich Nietzsche

THE WILL
TO
POWER
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
A New Translation
by
WALTER KAUFMANN
and
R. J. HOLLINGDALE
Edited, with Commentary,
by
WALTER KAUFMANN
with Facsimilies of the Original Manuscript
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Vintage Books NEW YORK
A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE

for
MAR THA LINDE
1881-1966
VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION, September, 1968
© Copyright, 1967, by Walter Kaufmann
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Acknowledgment is made to the Natianafe Forschungs-und
Gedenkstatten der Klassischell Deutschen Literalur in Weimar
for permission to reproduce eight facsimile pages from the
original manuscript.
Manufactured in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Neither the table of con/enis nor the headings in the text are Nietz~
seize's,' both were introduced by the German editors to create the
impression of a major systematic work. They are retained here with
minor modifications to assist those who want to locate nOfes discussing
particular problems.
See also the comprehensive index, made especially for this edition.
EDITOR's INTRODUCTION xiii
ON THE EDITIONS OF The Will to Power xxvii
CHRONOLOGY OF NIETZSCHE's WORKS uxi
FACSIMILES from Nietzsche's manuscript
NIETZSCHE'S PREFACE 3
BOOK ONE. EUROPEAN NIHILISM
I. Nihilism 9
II. History of European Nihilism 40
BOOK TWO. CRITIQUE OF
THE HIGHEST VALUES HITHERTO
I. Critique of Religion
1. Genesis of Religions 85
2. History of Christianity 98
3. Christian Ideals 127
II. Critique of Morality
1. Origin of Moral Valuations 146
2. The Herd 156
3. General Remarks on Morality 162
4. How Virtue is Made to Dominate 170
5. The Moral Ideal 180
A. Critique of Ideals 180
B. Critique of the "Good Man," the Saint, etc. 191
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C. Disparagement of the So-Called Evil Qualities 197
D. Critique of the Words:
Improvement, Perfecting, Elevation 210
6. Further Considerations for a Critique of Morality 215
III. Critique of Philosophy
I. General Observations 220
2. Critique of Greek Philosophv 231
3. Truth and Error of Philosophers 247
4. Further Considerations for a Critique
of Philosophy 253
BOOK THREE. PRINCIPLES OF
A NEW EVALUATION
I. The Will to Power as Knowledge
I. Method of Inquiry 261
2. The Epistemological Starting Point 262
3. Belief in the "Ego." The Subject 267
4. Biology of the Drive to Knowledge. Perspectivism 272
5. Origin of Reason and Logic 276
6. Consciousness 283
7. Judgment. True-False 286
8. Against Causalism 293
9. Thing-in-Itself and Appearance 300
10. Metaphysical Need 307
11. Biological Value of Knowledge 322
12. Science 324
II. The Will to Power in Nature
I. The Mechanistic Interpretation of the World 332
2. The Will to Power as Life 341
A. The Organic Process 341
B. Man 347
3. Theory of the Will to Power and of Values 366
III. The Will to Power as Society and Individual
I. Society and State 382
2. The Individual 403
IV. The Will to Power as Art 419