The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values (Volume 1, Book 1 and 2) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1910).
Contents of Volume I
PREFACE
FIRST BOOK. EUROPEAN NIHILISM.
A Plan
I. Nihilism
1. Nihilism as an Outcome of the Valuations and Interpretations of Existence which have prevailed hitherto
2. Further Causes of Nihilism
3. The Nihilistic Movement as an Expression of Decadence
4. The Crisis: Nihilism and the Idea of Recurrence
II. Concerning the History of European Nihilism
(a) Modern Gloominess
(b) The Last Centuries
(c) Signs of Increasing Strength
SECOND BOOK. A CRITICISM OF THE HIGHEST VALUES THAT HAVE PREVAILED HITHERTO.
I. Criticism of Religion
1. Concerning the Origin of Religions
2. Concerning the History of Christianity
3. Christian Ideals
II. A Criticism of Morality
1. The Origin of Moral Valuations
2. The Herd
3. General Observations concerning Morality
4. How Virtue is made to Dominate
5. The Moral Ideal
A. A Criticism of Ideals
B. A Criticism of the "Good Man," of the Saint, etc.
C. Concerning the Slander of the so-called Evil Qualities
D. A Criticism of the Words: Improving, Perfecting, Elevating
6. Concluding Remarks concerning the Criticism of Morality
III. Criticism of Philosophy
1. General Remarks
2. A Criticism of Greek Philosophy
3. The Truths and Errors of Philosophers
4. Concluding Remarks in the Criticism of Philosophy
- Category
- Philosophy