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# The Gay Science, with a prelude in rhymes and an appendix of songs. Translated, with commentary , by Walter Kaufmann

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The Gay Science, with a prelude in rhymes and an appendix of songs. Translated, with commentary , by Walter Kaufmann : Nietzsche, Friedrich: desertcart.co.uk: Books

Review: Pearls of Wisdom - Probably the most beautiful and important of all Nietzsche's books. It is here that the famous fragment `God is dead' appears (The Madman, book III: 125) and a passage on Eternal Return (The Greatest Weight). The best way to get acquainted with Nietzsche is to read him direct: The Greatest Weight. -"What, if some day or night, a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: "This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more; and there will be nothing new in it, but every pain and every joy and every thought and sigh and everything unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the same succession and sequence - even this spider and this moonlight between the trees, and even this moment and myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned upside down again and again - and you with it, speck of dust! -Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: "You are a god, and never had I heard anything more divine!" If this thought were to gain possession of you it would change you as you are, or perhaps crush you. The question in each and everything, "Do you desire this once more and innumerable times more?", would lie upon your actions as the greatest weight. Or how well disposed you would have to become to yourself and to life to crave nothing more fervently than this ultimate eternal conformation and seal? (book IV: 341)
Review: The poetry is brilliant too. - Kaufmann certainly makes it easier to read than other translators. The poetry is brilliant too.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 491,009 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 1,542 in Philosophy (Books) 28,799 in Social Sciences (Books) 57,393 in Religion & Spirituality (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (533) |
| Dimensions  | 10.39 x 2.16 x 17.22 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0394719859 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0394719856 |
| Item weight  | 204 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 416 pages |
| Publication date  | 12 Jan. 1974 |
| Publisher  | Random House USA Inc |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pearls of Wisdom
*by J***R on 1 August 2012*

Probably the most beautiful and important of all Nietzsche's books. It is here that the famous fragment `God is dead' appears (The Madman, book III: 125) and a passage on Eternal Return (The Greatest Weight). The best way to get acquainted with Nietzsche is to read him direct: The Greatest Weight. -"What, if some day or night, a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: "This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more; and there will be nothing new in it, but every pain and every joy and every thought and sigh and everything unutterably small or great in your life will have to return to you, all in the same succession and sequence - even this spider and this moonlight between the trees, and even this moment and myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned upside down again and again - and you with it, speck of dust! -Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: "You are a god, and never had I heard anything more divine!" If this thought were to gain possession of you it would change you as you are, or perhaps crush you. The question in each and everything, "Do you desire this once more and innumerable times more?", would lie upon your actions as the greatest weight. Or how well disposed you would have to become to yourself and to life to crave nothing more fervently than this ultimate eternal conformation and seal? (book IV: 341)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The poetry is brilliant too.
*by J***T on 4 October 2015*

Kaufmann certainly makes it easier to read than other translators. The poetry is brilliant too.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I got the book today!
*by R***R on 2 October 2018*

Very satisfied!

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