Does anyone know about Friedrich Nietzsche?

Question

I just checked out the book "The Dawn of Day". It said that it is the entire works of Friedrich Nietzche, but it doesn't seem to be long enough to actually be all of his works. Is this just an abridged version of all his work? This is the first work I'v read of his, so I would not know if I'm reading an abridged or full version. I wanted to read "The Anti-Christ" but that was checked out, so I just got the 'complete works and figured it would be contained inside. The book is not divided up into different parts, it does not tell you where one of his works begins and the other ends. It's just arranged starting with section #1 and it goes on up into the hundreds. Does anyone know what works are really contained in this book?
The book that I have is called "The Dawn of Day". Translated by J.M. Kennedy and published in New York by the Macmillan Company in 1913. The actual work was origially published in 1881.

Answer 1

The Dawn of Day is one volume of a set of his complete works. If you want to get a good taste of what Nietzsche is about I suggest "Beyond Good and Evil" and "The Geneology of Morals". I definitely advise against reading The Will to Power. This work was edited by his sister in order to stoke the fires of anti-semitism in Europe (she, along with the Wagners, were notorious anti-semites). It is not an accurate portrayal of Nietzsche's views, and is in fact the source of many opinions that Nietzsche himself was a rabid anti-semite (in fact he was no kind of anti-semite).

Nietzsche is one of those philosophers who are much easier to misinterpret than to understand correctly. For that reason it's inadvisable to simply read his works on your own. One excellent introduction to Nietzsche's thought is a novel "When Nietzsche Wept." Don't be mislead by the fact that this is a novel: it is a first rate introduction to Nietzsche's views, one of the best I've ever seen. I used this book for years in a course on Nietzsche. I also recommend anything by Robert Solomon of the University of Texas. Solomon is one of the pre-eminent Nietzsche scholars in the world, and has a knack for explaining Nietzsche to those of us who are not. I recommend in particular "Living With Nietzsche" and "What Nietzsche Really Said."

Answer 2

Okay. what you have is one book by Nietzsche. The actual complete works of your edition is 18 volumes. Since I suspect you're not going to read that much Nietzsche in one sitting, I suggest as the core works: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and Genealogy of Morals. If you're really ambitious, you can throw in The Will to Power. The Anti-Christ is interesting, but ultimately a more minor work of his overall output.

Answer 3

HE WROTE A LOT MORE.TRY A NEWER EDITION- PENGUIN,DOVER, ETC.

Answer 4

Did you check Amazon ? ( over 16,000 listings, although some will be duplicates . . . duh )

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-5760244-4003308?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=+Friedrich+Nietzsche