Ecce Homo

by Friedrich Nietzsche Narrated by George Easton

Overview

Ecce Homo is a philosophical autobiography written by Friedrich Nietzsche towards the end of his life. In this work, Nietzsche reflects on his life, his philosophical views, and his legacy. The title, which means "behold the man" in Latin, is taken from Pontius Pilate's words when he presents Jesus to the crowd before his crucifixion. Nietzsche uses this phrase to present himself as a kind of messiah of a new philosophy, proclaiming the birth of a new era of thought. Ecce Homo is a complex and challenging work that has been interpreted in many different ways. Some readers see it as a celebration of Nietzsche's life and ideas, while others view it as a cautionary tale about the dangers of radical individualism. Regardless of how it is interpreted, however, Ecce Homo remains an important and influential work in the history of philosophy. Read in English, unabridged.

Editorial Reviews

Nietzsche scholar Richard Oehler

Nietzsche had an unusual capacity for bringing his life and work clearly before the eyes of others. Ecce Homo is the final testimony to his gift of his, the last link in a long chain of introspective development.”

Dead Letters to Nietzsche Joanne Faulkner

Nietzsche presents himself not as a person, but as an explosive force fomented within the belly of European culture. Ecce Homo bears witness to Nietzsche’s destruction of himself that he might release a capacity to deconstruct (or revalue) all values.”

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

[A] fateful intellectual biography.”

Nietzsche and the Problem of Sovereignty Richard J. White

A fantastic piece of self-celebration…Nietzsche deliberately aggrandizes himself, not in order to impress us, but precisely so that we will not take his self-presentation so seriously. Through exaggeration and hyperbole…he offers us a self-portrait that calls itself into question at the same time that it focuses our attention.”

Living with Nietzsche Robert C. Solomon

Nietzsche’s somewhat narcissitic concern is his own enormous sense of potential and the grave responsibility it engenders. But it also becomes our concern, and…means taking our own potential—and our responsibility for that potential—seriously. And if Nietzsche sometimes describes all of this a bit pretentiously as a ‘destiny,’ then that underscores not only his fatalism but also his existential resolve.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159803443
Publisher:	Interactive Media
Publication date:	04/23/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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