One does not kill by anger but by laughter.Thus Spake Zarathustra (1885)
A Book for All and None, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885. It features the fictional character Zarathustra and was conceived whilst Nietzsche was composing 'The Gay Science'.
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Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future, published in 1886. It expands upon ideas from Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but more vehemently with its polemic and critique. Beyond Good and Evil consists of 296 numbered sections split into nine parts.
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The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music was reissued in 1886 as The Birth of Tragedy. Nietzsche found in classical Athenian tragedy an art form that transcended the pessimism and nihilism of a fundamentally meaningless world.
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The Antichrist was written in 1888, but it's publication was delayed until 1895 due to the controversial content. The preface begins 'This book belongs to the most rare of men. Perhaps not one of them is yet alive.'
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Ecce Homo ("Behold the man") are the latin words spoken by Pontius Pilate when presenting Jesus Christ before the crowd. Nietzsche wrote the book in 1888, but it was not published until 1908.
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