The four short works in Untimely Meditations were published by Nietzsche between 1873 and 1876.They deal with such broad topics as the relationship between popular and genuine culture, strategies for cultural reform, the task of philosophy, the nature of education, and the relationship between art, science and life. They also include Nietzsches earliest statement of his own understanding of human selfhood as a process of endlessly becoming who one is. As Daniel Breazeale shows in his introduction to this new edition of R. J. Hollingdales translation of the essays, these four early texts are key documents for understanding the development of Nietzsches thought and clearly anticipate many of the themes of his later writings. Nietzsche himself always cherished his Untimely Meditations and believed that they provide valuable evidence of his becoming and self-overcoming and constitute a public pledge concerning his own distinctive task as a philosopher. Contents
David Strauss, the confessor and the writer
On the uses and disadvantages of history for life
Schopenhauer as educator
Richard Wagner in Bayreuth.
Edited by: Daniel Breazeale, University of Kentucky