The Wanderer and His Shadow

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) — the greatest German thinker, whose work left a deep mark in the literature and philosophy of the 20th century. «Thus Spoke Zarathustra», «Beyond Good and Evil», «The Twilight of the Idols», «The Will to Power» — these and other works have secured Nietzsche a scandalous reputation as a person who challenges widely recognized authorities. With his characteristic paradoxical thinking, depth of psychological analysis, and engaging and vivid writing style, Nietzsche debunks moral prejudices of the entire European culture. This edition presents the works «On the Uses and Abuses of History for Life» (1874) and «The Wanderer and His Shadow» (1879), which were included by the author in additional volumes of the book «Human, All Too Human» in subsequent reprints. The philosopher expresses his ideas in brilliant aphorisms, in which, according to A. Bely, a number of thoughts and experiences are concentrated in a careless form, in them Nietzsche, like a wise man traveling incognito, perplexes an unsuspecting companion, who does not know whether he is dealing with a madman, a jester, or a prophet.