Germany, 1900. The Second Reich, led by the bellicose Kaiser Wilhelm, is hard at work preparing the country to fight a “good war.” The first step? Create a propaganda campaign that convinces the German population of its “rightful place under the sun.” German Foreign Secretary Bernhard von Bulow sets the campaign in motion by enlisting Dr. Albert Scheler of the Weimar Sanatorium to revise the physical and psychological profile on the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The Reich intends on using Nietzsche’s ideas of the Superman and the "will to power" to bolster its case for war and needs the philosopher’s image to be sanitized for the public. But Scheler quickly makes an unsettling discovery: Nietzsche is not a good fit for the Reich’s campaign. In fact, he’s an ardent foe of Germany. Scheler thus faces a moral dilemma: tell the truth and risk the Reich’s funding of the Sanatorium and jeopardize his own promising career. Or compromise his own ethical standards and present Nietzsche as the government would wish. Narrated by Scheler, von Bulow, Nietzsche’s sister, Elisabeth, as well as by luminaries such as Cosima Wagner and Lou Andreas Salome, Human, All too Human is a page-turning examination of moral choices, and their consequences, that unfolds in the heightened and martial landscape of prewar Germany.

you should be scared of life as much as you're scared of death. // A Modern Tragedy, Volume IV //

A written account of my personal views on life and other such topics. Not meant to be persuasive in any way.

Written by: Vladimir Nabokov

Written by: Friedrich Nietzsche

its a story by friedrich nietzsche that i have read and liked and wanted to share with you guys to repeat its not my writing which means not my point of view or perspective. if you want me to update you more with nietzsche books put comments ,and off course tell me what you think of him and his philosophy. It consists of a preface and three interrelated essays that expand and follow through on concepts Nietzsche sketched out in Beyond Good and Evil . The three Abhandlungen trace episodes in the evolution of moral concepts with a view to confronting "moral prejudices", specifically those of Christianity and Judaism. First Treatise: "'Good and Evil', 'Good and Bad'" Second Treatise: "'Guilt', 'Bad Conscience', and Related Matters" Third Treatise: "What do ascetic ideals mean?"

Narasi novel ini sangat lancar, dengan acapkali diselingi kata-kata sarkas yang tentu saja, tujuan penulis menghadirkan kata-kata tersebut, semata untuk mendukung karakter tokoh-tokohnya. Sumpah serapah jika ingin dirasakan sebagai benar-benar sumpah serapah, harus dilontarkan dengan penuh emosi, meski emosi tidak harus melulu disajikan dengan teriak-teriak. Dan hikmat tidak hanya berada di sebuah kisah yang baik-baik saja. Dari kisah yang paling kelam sekali pun, hikmat tetap dapat dihadirkan, seperti halnya kisah dalam novel ini. Bahkan hal itu bisa jadi justru sebuah tantangan bagi pembaca untuk mencari hikmat apa yang bisa ditarik dari kosah novel ini. Selamat menikmati. *) Yuditeha, Sastrawan

For IB students who don't have the book The Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka

cerita ini adalah sebuah manifesto yang menentang segala sentimentalitas

Bagaimanakah rasanya menjalani hidup sejak lahir di ruangan yang sempit, gelap, lembap, bacin, dan menyedihkan? Mungkin saja menakutkan, mengenaskan, atau memilukan. Namun, semua itu kemungkinan hanya bisa dipahami betul oleh orang yang sebelumnya mengetahui ruang hidup yang lebih baik, lebih bebas, lebih indah. Bagaimana halnya apabila kita hidup di ruangan semacam itu sejak awal mula dilahirkan? Tentulah kita tak memiliki pembanding antara ruang hidup yang menyenangkan dan tidak menyenangkan. Apalagi apabila kita dilahirkan dengan keadaan yang tidak lengkap-setidaknya menurut parameter manusia pada umumnya-tak memiliki penglihatan, tak memiliki pendengaran, dan tak bisa berbicara. Katakanlah, kita dilahirkan di ruangan sempit itu, ruangan yang tidak menyenangkan itu, dalam keadaan buta, tuli, dan bisu. Kiranya apa yang akan kita pikirkan? Akankah kita tetap bisa melihat? Akankah kita tetap bisa mendengar? Akankah kita tetap bisa berbicara? Semua itu mungkin saja.