Beyond good and evil

Author: Nietzsche
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: Beyond Good and Evil was written in the summer of 1885 and completed the following winter. There were two purposes behind writing this book: one was to explain and elaborate on Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and the other was to prepare for his greatest and most important work, Will to Power. Nietzsche attempted in this book to define the two opposing terms "good" and "evil" in order to distinguish between morality and immorality. He recognized that the efforts made by people to reconcile ancient moral principles with the needs of modern individuals were contradictory, and he understood that people often compromise between moral theory and social practice. His goal was to establish the relationship between morality and necessity, thereby constructing an operational foundation for human behavior. Therefore, Beyond Good and Evil is one of Nietzsche's most important contributions to a new moral system, touching upon many deep principles of his philosophy.