The Gay Science

Free Will & Determinism Philosophy

Author: Friedrich Nietzsche

“[This book] mirrors all of Nietzsche’s thought and could be related in hundreds of ways to his other books, his notes, and his letters. And yet it is complete in itself. For it is a work of art.” —Walter Kaufmann in the IntroductionNietzsche called The Gay Science “the most personal of all my books.” It was here that he first proclaimed the death of God—to which a large p….Read More

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