Books & writings
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Homer and Classical Philology
Written 1869
Homer und die klassische Philologie
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The Dionysian Worldview
Written Summer 1870
Die dionysische Weltanschauung
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Socrates and Greek Tragedy
Written 1870–1871
Socrates und die griechische Tragödie
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The Birth of Tragedy
Written 1869–1871
Die Geburt der Tragödie
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On the Future of Our Educational Institutions
Written January–March 1872
Über die Zukunft unserer Bildungsanstalten
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Five Prefaces to Five Unwritten Books
Written December 1872
Fünf Vorreden zu fünf ungeschriebenen Büchern
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Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks
Written 1873
Die Philosophie im tragischen Zeitalter der Griechen
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On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense
Written 1873
Über Wahrheit und Lüge im aussermoralischen Sinne
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Untimely Meditations
Written 1873–1876
Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen
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Human, All Too Human
Written 1876–1878
Menschliches, Allzumenschliches
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Assorted Opinions and Maxims
Written c. 1878
Vermischte Meinungen und Sprüche
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The Wanderer and His Shadow
Written 1879
Der Wanderer und sein Schatten
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Daybreak
Written 1880–1881
Morgenröte
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Idylls from Messina
Written Spring 1882
Idyllen aus Messina
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The Gay Science
Written 1881–1882; expanded 1886–1887
Die fröhliche Wissenschaft
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Written 1883–1885
Also sprach Zarathustra
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Beyond Good and Evil
Written 1885–1886
Jenseits von Gut und Böse
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On the Genealogy of Morality
Written July 1887
Zur Genealogie der Moral
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The Case of Wagner
Written May–August 1888
Der Fall Wagner
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Twilight of the Idols
Written August–September 1888
Götzen-Dämmerung
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Dionysian Dithyrambs
Written Reworked 1888–January 1889, with earlier poems
Dionysos-Dithyramben
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The Antichrist
Written September 1888
Der Antichrist
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Nietzsche contra Wagner
Written December 1888
Nietzsche contra Wagner
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Ecce Homo
Written October–November 1888; later revisions
Ecce Homo
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The Will to Power
Written Underlying fragments, 1883–1888
Der Wille zur Macht
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Nachlass: Writings from the Late Notebooks
Written Notebooks, 1869–1889
Nachlass
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