Early Greek Philosophy Other Essays

A collection of essays by Friedrich Nietzsche about Greek philosophy. Topics covered include: The Greek State, The Greek Woman, On Music and Words, Homer's Contest, The Relation of Schopenhauer's Philosophy to a German Culture, Philosophy During the Tragic Age of the Greeks, and On Truth and Falsity in their Ultramoral Sense. With the exception of perhaps one we can consider all these papers as fragments. Written during the 1870, and intended mostly as prefaces, they are extremely interesting, since traces of Nietzsche's later tenets—like Slave and Master morality, the Superman—can be found everywhere. But they are also very valuable on account of the young philosopher's daring and able handling of difficult and abstruse subjects.