The Anti-Christ

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Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, Ecco Homo, The Antichrist is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be accepted as a statement of some of his most salient ideas in their final form. Notes for it had been accumulating for years and it was to have constituted the first volume of his long-projected magnum opus, "The Will to Power."
Of all Nietzsche's books, The Antichrist comes nearest to conventionality in form. It presents a connected argument ...
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Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, Ecco Homo, The Antichrist is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be accepted as a statement of some of his most salient ideas in their final form. Notes for it had been accumulating for years and it was to have constituted the first volume of his long-projected magnum opus, "The Will to Power."
Of all Nietzsche's books, The Antichrist comes nearest to conventionality in form. It presents a connected argument with very few interludes, and has a beginning, a middle and an end. Most of his works are in the form of collections of apothegms, and sometimes the subject changes on every second page. This fact constitutes one of the counts in the orthodox indictment of him: it is cited as proof that his capacity for consecutive thought was limited, and that he was thus deficient mentally, and perhaps a downright moron.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781612039633
  • Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
  • Publication date: 2/27/2012
  • Pages: 102
  • Sales rank: 1,116,760
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.21 (d)

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Friedrich Nietzsche was, arguably, the most important philosopher of the 19th century. His works include Beyond Good and Evil, Ecce Homo, Human, All Too Human, and Thus Spake Zarathustra.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 5, 2011

    Highly Recommend this book

    Was an enjoyable read.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 1, 2003

    Nietzsche's works condensed into a single volume

    This is definitively the most important work from Nietzsche! It incorporates all the major concepts: the will to power, the ubermench, and the eternal return. Nietzsche's unabashed style culminates in his unapologetic critique of Christianity. This book cannot be read without reaction. It will inspire some, it will enrage others, but it will make all readers think and question. A reader that is unwilling to question or doubt, should not read this work. This is my favorite of Nietzsche's books. It reinforced, bluntly, what had been stated in ambiguity so many times before.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 2, 2012

    Didn't like it in college

    Still think it is the worst sort of egotistical drivel.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 27, 2011

    God is real

    Um hello? God is dead.

    0 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 11, 2008

    I Also Recommend:

    Beyond Good and Evil
    Basic Writings of Nietzsche
    Prince and Other Writings (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

    Biting Criticism and Disillusionment...

    Strange that Nietzsche was such a favorite of the Nazi regime considering his philosophy regarding christianity and his disappointment with the Germans. I take it the Third Reich selectively eliminated this book from their teachings on his philosophy and/or selectively quoted certain statements to support their doctrines...

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 1, 2003

    The heavens bleed from the mouths of men....

    Having read this book a while ago, I found myself reminded of its importance through the lryics of a song by the band Brand New (Deja Entendu; track 4). The song, especially in the chorus, even though seemingly writen about a relationship, took on some very religious undertones. The chorus which began, 'we're concentrating on falling apart,' and ending with the repetition of the statement, 'I just want to believe...' immediately made me think of Nietzsche's work and how I felt afterward. As Christians we live and prosper in continued decadence, constantly abandoning the joys of life and pushing them aside for that which the afterlife offers. 'I am heaven sent,' the song states, but, perhaps he, like the rest of us just wishes that were the case. This book is, 'the break in the bend...the closest of calls...the reason you're alone...the rise and fall.' Can we, as men, rise above such decadence, such slander of life, and live by our own free wills, without God? No, not yet, and The Antichrist, as a continuation of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, tells us why, though, we, as men, know that the heavens will bleed from our mouths, that if God falls it will be an act of man. To end, 'keeping quiet is hard, and you can't keep a secret if it never was a secret to start.' Yes, we should stop trying to convince ourselves otherwise...

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 13, 2003

    World without religion?

    'The Antichrist' is one of the best written books that attack religion and it's foolishness.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 9, 2002

    The Most IMporant book you will never REad as well as you should!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    This book will stecth you an pull you in ways that you thought you may never be pulled !!! A trrue person of fiath we be unafraid of the task that is set forth!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 28, 2002

    The Animalistic Truth

    I thought this book was outstanding. It challenges all the ideals that are so forcefully pressed on our contemporary society, the ideals that everything we yern for and everything we crave is wrong. This work fights for out animalistic desires rather than condeming them.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2001

    Great book for those who know....

    A must read for those who accept the truth. Sometimes a bit of animosity peers through his writing though. Seems at times to be jaded which makes me question his motive; attack or simply objective observation?

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 4, 2001

    morality, religion

    What strikes me most about this book is not the blatant blasphemy so much as the new perspective on religious criticism. Instead of wasting breath and time attempting to discredit the truthfulness of certain religions, he makes it a moot point. Even if Christianity were absolute truth, we should still not follow it. It's the slave morality that weakens the very being of mankind - not so much the supposed unreality of religion. Who ever said that truth and goodness are synonymous? This book attempts to refound our most cherished assumptions about what is important regarding life. Either agree or disagree, this book will always be a classic intrigue in my eyes.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 18, 2001

    Oligarchal Collectiveness

    I have been thinking the same thing for years...Nietzsche gets my jumbled thoughts on the opium that is religion down superbly.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 27, 2000

    Makes you question anything you've learned about religion

    i recommend this book to anyone interested in the works of Nietzsche. I went to Catholic school for some years and this books can make even the most devote christian question what they've learned

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 21, 2000

    A strong dislike for religion and a loathing for Christianity

    This treatise takes every opportunity to blast religion in general and Christianity in particular. Nietzsche lays down his arguments by revealing the plain idiocy of religion and also by attacking many of the idiosyncrasies of religious institutions. This is an excellent piece of philosophy for the inquisitive mind. Some of the writting is hard to follow, but he organizes his arguments into psuedo-chapters that are 1-2 pages in length, so if you have trouble with one psuedo-chapter, it won't prevent you from understanding the book as a whole. Lastly, the introduction by H.L. Mencken is anti-semetic [not necesarilly against the Jewish religion insomuch as it's against the Jewish peoples] and, I think, written in a style that's intended to confuse any and all readers, including himself.

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