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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
THE COLLECTED WORKS
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Philosophical & Philological Writings
 Homer and Classical Philology
1869, “Homer und die klassische Philologie”.
The Future of our Educational Institutions
1872, “Gedanken über die Zukunft unserer Bildungsanstalten”.
The Birth of Tragedy (trns. W. Kaufmann)
The Birth of Tragedy (trns. Ian Johnston)
1872, “Die Geburt der Tragödie”.
On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense
1873, “Über Wahrheit und Lüge im außermoralischen Sinn”.
We Philologists (trns. J. M. Kennedy)
1874, “Wir Philologen”.
Untimely Meditations I
1873, “David Strauss: der Bekenner und der Schriftsteller”.
Untimely Meditations II
1874, “Vom Nutzen und Nachtheil der Historie für das Leben”.
Untimely Meditations III †
1874, “Schopenhauer als Erzieher”.
Untimely Meditations IV †
1876, “Richard Wagner in Bayreuth”.
Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
1878, “Menschliches, Allzumenschliches”.
Assorted Opinions and Maxims
1879, “Vermischte Meinungen und Sprüche”.
The Wanderer and His Shadow
1880, “Der Wanderer und sein Schatten”.
Daybreak: On the Prejudices of Morality †
1881, “Morgenröte”.
The Gay Science †
1882, “Die fröhliche Wissenschaft”.
Thus Spake Zarathustra (trns. T. Common)
1883, “Also sprach Zarathustra”.
Beyond Good and Evil (trns. Ian Johnston)
Beyond Good and Evil (trns. Helen Zimmern)
1886, “Jenseits von Gut und Böse”.
On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic
1887, “Zur Genealogie der Moral”.
The Wagner Case: A Musician’s Problem †
1888, “Der Fall Wagner”.
The Antichrist (trns. W. Kaufmann)
The Antichrist (trns. H.L. Mencken)
1888, “Der Antichrist”.
Ecce Homo †
1888, “Ecce Homo: Wie man wird, was man ist”.
Nietzsche Contra Wagner (trns. W. Kaufmann)
1888, “Aktenstücke eines Psychologen”.
Twilight of the Idols (trns. W. Kaufmann)
1889, “Götzen-Dämmerung”.
The Will To Power
1889, “Der Wille zur Macht”.
Poetic Writings
Idylls From Messina †
1882, “Idyllen aus Messina”.
Dionysus Dithyrambs:
I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VI,
VII,
VIII,
IX.
1889, “Dionysos-Dithyramben”.
Letters, 1865-1889.
1865,
1866,
1867,
1869,
1878: I,
II,
III,
1879,
1880,
1881: I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VI.
1882: I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VI,
VII,
VIII,
IX,
X,
XI,
XII,
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XIII,
XIV,
XV,
XVI,
XVII,
XVIII,
XIX,
XX,
XXI,
XXII,
XXIII,
XXIV,
XXV,
XXVI,
XXVII,
XXVIII,
XXIX,
XXX,
XXXI,
XXXII,
XXXIII,
XXXIV,
XXXV,
XXXVI,
XXXVII,
XXXVIII,
XXXIX. |
1883: I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VI,
VII,
VIII.
1884: I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VI.
1885: I,
II,
III.
1886: I,
II,
III,
IV.
1887: I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VI,
VII,
VIII.
1888: I,
II,
III,
IV,
V.
VI,
VII,
VIII,
IX,
X,
XI,
XII,
XIII,
XIV,
XV.
1889: I,
II,
III,
IV,
V,
VI,
VII,
VIII,
IX,
X,
XI,
XII,
XIII,
XIV,
XV,
XVI,
XVII,
XVIII,
XIX.
† Some texts are only available online in excerpted form, until full text versions are available they will not be published here.
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19
Turin, January 6, 1889: Letter to Jacob Burckhardt1
Dear Professor,
When it comes right down to it I'd much rather have been a Basel Professor than God; but I didn't dare be selfish enough to forgo the creation of the world. You see, one must make sacrifices, no matter how and where one lives.— But I did secure a small room, fit for a student, opposite the Palazzo Carignano (—in which I was born as Victor Emmanuel), from whose desk I am able to hear that splendid music coming from below me, in the Galleria Subalpina. I pay 25 frs. including service, make my own tea and do all my own shopping, suffer from torn boots, and constantly thank heaven for the old world, whose inhabitants were not simple and quiet enough.— Since I am doomed to entertain the next eternity with bad jokes, I am busy writing, which leaves nothing to be desired, is very nice and not at all taxing. The post office is five steps away, I take the letters in myself, handling the great feuilletoniste of the grande monde. Naturally I am on terms with Figaro, and so that you will have an idea of how harmless I can be, here are my first two bad jokes:
Do not take the case of Prado too seriously. I am Prado, I’m also Prado’s father, and I venture to say I’m Lesseps too2... I wanted to give my Parisians, whom I love, a new concept—that of a decent criminal. I’m Chambige too—also a decent criminal3.
Second joke. I salute the Immortals. Monsieur Daudet belongs to the quarante4.
Astu
What is unpleasant and a strain on my modesty is that in fact I am every historical personage; and as for the children I have brought into the world, I ponder with some misgiving the possibility that not everyone who enters the “kingdom of God” also comes from God. This fall, blinded as little as possible, I twice witnessed my funeral, the first time as Count Robilant (—no, he’s my son, insofar as I’m Carlo Alberto, unfaithful to my nature)5, but I was Antonelli myself6. Dear Professor, you really ought to see this edifice; since I am quite inexperienced in the things I’m creating, you have a right to make any criticism, I will be grateful, but can't promise that I'll profit from it. We artists are incorrigible.— Today I looked at an operetta—ingeniously Moorish—and took the occasion to ascertain, with joy, that now both Moscow and Rome are grandiose affairs. You see, my talent for landscape is undeniable as well.— Think it over; we'll have a really fine chat, Turin isn’t far, no serious professional obligations tie us down, a glass of Veltliner could easily be procured. Négligé of dress is de rigeur.
With heartfelt love Your
Nietzsche
[Four postscripts on the margins:]
I go everywhere in my student coat, now and then slap someone on the back, and say: siamo contenti? son dio, ho fatto questa caricatura7...
Tomorrow my son Umberto is coming here with lovely Margherita, but I'll receive her as well only in shirtsleeves.
The rest is for Frau Cosima... Ariadne... From time to time we practice magic...
I've had Caiphas put in chains; I too was crucified last year in a long, drawn-out way by German doctors. Wilhelm, Bismarck and all anti-Semites done away with!
You may make any use of this letter which will not lower me in the esteem of the people of Basel. —
1 Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897)—Born into a distinguished Basel family, Burckhardt, a professor of history at Basel, was the author of The Time of Constantine the Great, The Cicerone “An Introduction to the Enjoyment of the Art Works of Italy,” and The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. Nietzsche sent Burckhardt a copy of each book he published.
2 Ferdinand-Marie de Lesseps, French diplomat and promoter of the Suez Canal.
3 Prado and Chambige were criminals who had been tried for murder in Paris and Algeria.
4 The Forty Immortals were the members of the French Academy. In 1888, Alphonse Daudet had just published his satire of the Academy, L'Immortel. Its hero’s name was Astier, which might explain Nietzsche’s signature “Astu.".
5 In a November 13, 1888 Letter to Franz Overbeck, Nietzsche described the state funeral of “Count Robilant, the most admirable example of Piedmontese nobility (the natural son, by the way, of King Carlo Alberto...)".
6 Papal Secretary of State under Pius IX.
7 “Is everything OK? I am God, this farce is my creation.". |
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