Ecce Homo (book)
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Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (German: Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist) is the last original book written by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche before his death in 1900. It was written in 1888 and was not published until 1908.
According to one of Nietzsche's most prominent English translators, Walter Kaufmann, the book offers "Nietzsche's own interpretation of his development, his works, and his significance."[1] The book contains several chapters with self-laudatory titles, such as "Why I Am So Wise", "Why I Am So Clever", "Why I Write Such Good Books" and "Why I Am a Destiny". Kaufmann's Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist notes the internal parallels, in form and language, to Plato's Apology which documented the Trial of Socrates. In effect, Nietzsche was putting himself on trial with this work, and his sardonic judgments and chapter headings can be seen as mordant, mocking, self-deprecating, or sly.[citation needed]
Within this work, Nietzsche is self-consciously striving to present a new image of the philosopher and of himself, for example, a philosopher "who is not an
One of the main purposes of Ecce Homo was to offer Nietzsche's own perspective on his work as a philosopher and
He signs the book "Dionysus versus the Crucified."
Notes
References
- Kaufmann, Walter. "Editor's Introduction" in On the Genealogy of Morals (translated by Walter Kaufmann and R.J. Hollingdale) and Ecce Homo (translated by Walter Kaufmann), edited by Walter Kaufmann. New York: Vintage, 1967. pp. 201–209.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-3-11-029277-0) (the comprehensive standard commentary on "Ecce homo" – only available in German)
External links
- Ecce homo, standard critical text published by Nietzsche Source
- Ecce homo, Wie man wird, was man ist at Project Gutenberg (in original German)
- Ecce homo, abridged English text at archive.org (Ludovici translation)
- Nietzsche's Ecce homo, Notebooks and Letters: 1888–1889 / Translation by Daniel Fidel Ferrer (2023). Free at archive.org https://archive.org/details/ferrer-ecce-homo-translation-2023-nov