The Gay Science

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy

nietzsche called the gay science "the most personal of all my books." it was here that he first proclaimed the death of god—to which a large part of the book is devoted—and his doctrine of the eternal recurrence.walter kaufmann's commentary, with its many quotations from previously untranslated letters, brings to life nietzsche as a human being and illuminates his philosophy. the book contains...