Nietzsche shares the position with Marx in being the most (subsequently) pervasive and persuasive of 19th Century agitators calling for a "New Man," with attendant prescriptions, programs and forecasts of upheaval. A theme which energizes the early twentieth century, and also likely fuels an intellectual and creative retreat by century end.
The Antichrist
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Beyond Good and Evil
Read Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ last year, Reading Beyond Good and Evil now. Thank you so much for the link to Zarathustra. I'll probably read that next.
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