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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV
"The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV" by Friedrich Nietzsche is a compilation of notebook fragments assembled posthumously in the early 1900s. After Nietzsche's mental collapse, his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche and friend Peter Gast selected and arranged his unpublished notes, claiming they represented his intended magnum opus. Later philological research revealed the work was an artificial construction—Nietzsche had abandoned plans for such a book before his breakdown. The fragments were reorganized and sometimes altered, making this controversial compilation a "historic forgery" rather than Nietzsche's final philosophical statement.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II
"The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II" by Friedrich Nietzsche is a controversial compilation of philosophical notes published posthumously in 1901. Assembled by Nietzsche's sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche and Peter Gast from the philosopher's notebooks after his mental collapse, this work was presented as Nietzsche's intended masterwork. However, later scholarly research revealed it to be a selective arrangement that may not reflect Nietzsche's true intentions, sparking ongoing debate about its authenticity and place in his philosophy.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Der Wille zur Macht: Eine Auslegung alles Geschehens
"Der Wille zur Macht: Eine Auslegung alles Geschehens" by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is a compilation published in various forms since 1901. This controversial work assembles fragments from Nietzsche's unpublished notes, though Nietzsche himself abandoned plans to write such a book. Edited primarily by his sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche and Heinrich Köselitz, these compilations are considered distorted and unreliable by scholars, containing deciphering errors, unauthorized alterations, and selective passages that misrepresent Nietzsche's intentions. Despite widespread academic criticism, the work continues to be published and influence philosophical discourse.
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