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Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche, written in 1888, and published in 1889. Genesis Twilight of the Idols was written in just over a week, between 26 August and 3 September 1888, while Nietzsche was on holiday in Sils Maria. Nietzsche wrote about Twilight in a letter, "This style is my philosophy in a nutshell—radical to the point of criminality...". The latter title, Götzen-Dämmerung in German, is a pun on the title of Richard Wagner's opera, Götterdämmerung, or "Twilight of the Gods". Götze is a German word for "idol" or "false god". Walter Kaufmann has suggested that in his use of the word Nietzsche might be indebted to Francis Bacon. Synopsis Nietzsche criticizes German culture of the day as unsophisticated, decadent and nihilistic, and shoots some disapproving arrows at key French, British, and Italian cultural figures who represent similar tendencies. In contrast to all these alleged representatives of cultural decadence, Nietzsche applauds Caesar, Napoleon, Goethe, Thucydides and the Sophists as healthier and stronger types. The book states the transvaluation of all values as Nietzsche's final and most important project, and gives a view of antiquity wherein the Romans for once take precedence over the ancient Greeks, albeit only in the field of literature.

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Notable quotes

“Die Weisheit zieht auch der Erkenntniss Grenzen.”
— Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.
“The early church, as everyone knows, certainly did wage war against the intelligent.”
— “Morality as Anti-Nature” § 5.1 (Ludovici trans.)
“The other thing I do not like to hear is the notorious “and” …”
— “Skirmishes of an untimely man” § 9.16
“Wie? ist der Mensch nur ein Fehlgriff Gottes? Oder Gott nur ein Fehlgriff des Menschen?”
— What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?
“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
— What the Germans lack, 2; also in The Antichrist, Sec. 60, and Gay Science, Sec. 147
“We have already gone beyond whatever we have words for. In all talk there is a grain of contempt.”
— Expeditions of an Untimely Man §26

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Overview

Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche, written in 1888, and published in 1889. Genesis Twilight of the Idols was written in just over a week, between 26 August and 3 September 1888, while Nietzsche was on holiday in Sils Maria. Nietzsche wrote about Twilight in a letter, "This style is my philosophy in a nutshell—radical to the point of criminality...". The latter title, Götzen-Dämmerung in German, is a pun on the title of Richard Wagner's opera, Götterdämmerung, or "Twilight of the Gods". Götze is a German word for "idol" or "false god". Walter Kaufmann has suggested that in his use of the word Nietzsche might be indebted to Francis Bacon. Synopsis Nietzsche criticizes German culture of the day as unsophisticated, decadent and nihilistic, and shoots some disapproving arrows at key French, British, and Italian cultural figures who represent similar tendencies. In contrast to all these alleged representatives of cultural decadence, Nietzsche applauds Caesar, Napoleon, Goethe, Thucydides and the Sophists as healthier and stronger types. The book states the transvaluation of all values as Nietzsche's final and most important project, and gives a view of antiquity wherein the Romans for once take precedence over the ancient Greeks, albeit only in the field of literature.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Die Weisheit zieht auch der Erkenntniss Grenzen.”
— Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.
“The early church, as everyone knows, certainly did wage war against the intelligent.”
— “Morality as Anti-Nature” § 5.1 (Ludovici trans.)
“The other thing I do not like to hear is the notorious “and” …”
— “Skirmishes of an untimely man” § 9.16
“Wie? ist der Mensch nur ein Fehlgriff Gottes? Oder Gott nur ein Fehlgriff des Menschen?”
— What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?
“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
— What the Germans lack, 2; also in The Antichrist, Sec. 60, and Gay Science, Sec. 147
“We have already gone beyond whatever we have words for. In all talk there is a grain of contempt.”
— Expeditions of an Untimely Man §26

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.