This is one of the most accessible of Nietzsche’s works. It was published in 1887, a year after Beyond Good and Evil, and he intended it to be a continuation of the investigation into the theme of morality. In the first work, Nietzsche attacked the notion of morality as nothing more than institutionalised weakness, and he criticised past philosophers for their unquestioning acceptance of moral precepts. In On the Genealogy of Morals, subtitled ‘A Polemic’, Nietzsche furthers his pursuit of a clarity that is less tainted by imposed prejudices. He looks at the way attitudes towards ‘morality’ evolved and the way congenital ideas of morality were heavily coloured by the Judaic and Christian traditions.
This is one of the most accessible of Nietzsche’s works. It was published in 1887, a year after Beyond Good and Evil, and he intended it to be a continuation of the investigation into the theme of morality. In the first work, Nietzsche attacked the notion of morality as nothing more than institutionalised weakness, and he criticised past philosophers for their unquestioning acceptance of moral precepts. In On the Genealogy of Morals, subtitled ‘A Polemic’, Nietzsche furthers his pursuit of a clarity that is less tainted by imposed prejudices. He looks at the way attitudes towards ‘morality’ evolved and the way congenital ideas of morality were heavily coloured by the Judaic and Christian traditions.
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La vida de Friedrich Nietzsche (Röcken, 1844-Weimar, 1900) está marcada, de principio a fin, por un aura inequívocamente romántica. En efecto, su temprana genialidad intelectual, llena de fulgurantes intuiciones sobre los presocráticos y la decadencia griega posterior a Sócrates (El nacimiento de la tragedia, 1872) obtuvo como recompensa la hostilidad y el desprecio de los medios universitarios y académicos oficiales. Además, este filósofo de la vida fuerte, plena y derrochadora fue asediado desde muy pronto por una enfermedad que ya no le abandonaría hasta el dramático episodio de Turín y los diez años de silencio que siguieron hasta su muerte. Maestro como pocos de la lengua alemana y fustigador de los incontables «ídolos» de la existencia humana, Nietzsche es, sobre todo, un genial creador de enigmas (la muerte de Dios, el superhombre, el eterno retorno...) capaces de suscitar materia de reflexión para los próximos siglos
