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Zur Genealogie der Moral. Eine Streitschrift [Généalogie de la morale] [avec] Götzen-Dämmerung oder Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophirt [Crépuscule des idoles]

by NIETZSCHE Friedrich

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Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1887. Fine. C. G. Naumann, Leipzig 1887 et 1889, 14x22cm, 2 volumes reliés en 1. - | Le flamboyant Crépuscule de Nietzsche | Édition originale pour les deux textes. Reliure en demi-veau glacé marron à coins, dos à cinq nerfs serti de guirlandes dorées et orné de doubles filets à froid ainsi que de motifs floraux dorés, roulettes dorées en tête et queue, plats de papier à la cuve, gardes et contreplats de papier feuilles d'acanthes stylisées, tranches marbrées, reliure de l'époque. Mors, coiffes et coins habile­ment restaurés. Exceptionnelle réunion de ces deux grands textes nietzschéens, les derniers qu'il écrivit avant de sombrer dans la folie. *** La Généalogie de la morale, rédigée à Sils-Maria durant l'été 1887, fut im­primée à compte d'auteur à seulement 600 exemplaires, immédiatement après l'échec de Par-delà le bien et le mal : « tout le monde s'est plaint du fait qu'on « ne me comprend pas », et les quelque 100 exemplaires vendus m'ont fait com­prendre de façon bien tangible qu'on « ne me comprend pas » (lettre de Nietzsche à Hein­rich Köselitz, 18 juillet 1887). La mention au dos de la page de titre de la Généalogie (« ajouté à Par-de­là le Bien et le Mal », publié dernière­ment, pour le compléter et l'éclairer ») témoigne de cette volonté d'éclaircis­sement. Les ventes de cet « écrit polé­mique » - tel est le sous-titre choisi par le penseur - ne remporteront pas le succès escompté : William Schaberg (The Nietzsche Canon) révèle que seulement 203 commandes de l'ouvrage ont été enregistrées deux mois après sa parution ; ce qui n'empêchera pas Nietzsche de commander à Naumann un second tirage de 1 000 exemplaires en octobre 1891. Longtemps consi­dérée comme un simple addendum, la Généalogie ne sera redécouverte que récemment par le monde universitaire, devenant une œuvre à part entière, au­jourd'hui considérée comme l'une des plus importantes de la pensée mo­rale. Le 7 septembre 1888, Nietzsche adresse un nouveau manuscrit à Naumann : « Très Honoré Monsieur l'Éditeur, [...] Vous pensez certainement que nous en avons fini avec les impressions : mais voici ! Justement le manuscrit le plus propre que je vous ai jamais envoyé. [...] Son titre est : Loisir d'un psycho­logue. » L'éditeur lipsien démarre immédia­tement l'impression de cette nouvelle œuvre dont le titre deviendra, sous l'impulsion de Peter Gast, Crépuscule des idoles, pied de nez à peine dissimulé au Crépuscule des dieux de Wa­gner, avec qui Nietzsche s'était brouillé dix ans plus tôt. Habitué à presser son éditeur, le phi­losophe lui demande cette fois de temporiser l'impression déjà entamée : il lui adresse entre temps l'important chapitre intitulé « Ce que les Allemands sont en train de perdre » ainsi que les aphorismes 32 à 43 des « Flâneries inactuelles ». La version finale se constituera d'un avant-propos, de dix chapitres et d'un extrait d'Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra (« Le mar­teau parle »). Le premier chapitre, intitulé « Maximes et traits » (« Sprüche und Pfeile »), contient 44 aphorismes, dont les mythiques : « Ce qui ne me tue pas me rend plus fort » ou encore « Sans la musique, la vie serait une erreur ». L'ouvrage - imprimé à 1000 exemplaires - ne paraîtra qu'en janvier 1889 alors que Nietzsche, à Turin, vient de sombrer dans la folie. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Zur Genealogie der Moral. Eine Streitschrift [On the Genealogy of Morals] [with] Götzen-Dämmerung oder Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert [Twilight of the Idols or How to Philosophize with a Hammer] C. G. Naumann | Leipzig 1887 & 1889 | 14 x 22 cm | 2 volumes bound in 1 in calf First edition for both texts. Contemporary quarter brown polished calf binding, spine with five raised bands ruled and decorated in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, stylized acanthus leaves endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges. Exceptional reunion of these two great Nietzschean texts, the very last ones written before the philosopher succumbed to madness. On the Genealogy of Morals was written in Sils-Maria in the summer of 1887. Only 600 copies were printed at the author's expense, immediately after the setback of Beyond Good and Evil: ""everyone complained that they 'don't understand me', and the 100 or so copies sold made me understand in a very tangible way that they 'don't understand me'"" (letter to Heinrich Köselitz, July 18, 1887). The statement on the verso of the Genealogy's title page ""Dem letztveröffentlichen 'Jenseits von Gut und Böse' zur Ergänzung und Verdeutlighnung beigegeben"" [An addition to the last published 'Beyond Good and Evil' which is meant as a supplement and a clarification] testifies to this desire for further explanation. Sales of this ""polemical writing"" - a subtitle chosen by the philosopher - were not as successful as expected: William Schaberg (The Nietzsche Canon) reveals that only 203 book orders were registered two months after its publication; this did not prevent Nietzsche from ordering a second edition of 1 000 copies from Naumann in October 1891. Long considered a simple addendum, The Genealogy was only recently rediscovered by academics, and is now viewed as one of the most important essays on ethics. On September 7, 1888, Nietzsche sent a new manuscript to Naumann: ""I am about to give you a nice surprise. You probably think we are finished with printing but even now the cleanest manuscript I have ever sent to you is on its way. [...] The title is A Psychologist at Leisure"". The Leipzig publisher immediately started printing this new work whose titled changed into Twilight of the Idols after a suggestion of Peter Gast: a barely concealed reference to Wagner's own Twilight of the Gods, masterpiece of the composer with whom Nietzsche had fallen out ten years earlier. Accustomed to urging his publisher, Nietzsche asked him to delay the printing already under way: in the meantime, he sent him the important chapter entitled ""What the Germans Lack"" as well as aphorisms 32 to 43 of the ""Skirmishes of an Untimely Man"". The final version consists of a foreword, ten chapters and an excerpt from Thus Spoke Zarathustra (""The Hammer Speaks""). The first chapter ""Maxims and Arrows"" (""Sprüche und Pfeile"") contains 44 aphorisms, including the iconic: ""What does not kill me makes me stronger"" and also ""Without music, life would be a mistake"". 1 000 copies of this work were ultimately released in January 1889 as Nietzsche, then in Turin, had just fallen into madness.

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Zur Genealogie der Moral. Eine Streitschrift [Généalogie de la morale] [avec] Götzen-Dämmerung oder Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophirt [Crépuscule des idoles]
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