{"product_id":"9780804728775-joyful-science-idylls-from-messina","title":"The Joyful Science \/ Idylls from Messina \/ Unpublished Fragments from the Period of the Joyful Science (Spring 1881–Summer 1882)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten on the threshold of \u003ci\u003eThus Spoke Zarathustra\u003c\/i\u003e during a high point of social, intellectual and psychic vibrancy, \u003ci\u003eThe Joyful Science\u003c\/i\u003e (frequently translated as \u003ci\u003eThe Gay Science\u003c\/i\u003e) is one of Nietzsche's thematically tighter books. Here he debuts and practices the art of \u003ci\u003eamor fati\u003c\/i\u003e, love of fate, to explore what is \"species preserving\" in relation to happiness (Book One); inspiration and the role of art as they keep us mentally fit for inhabiting a world dominated by science (Book Two); the challenges of living authentically and overcoming after the death of God (Book Three); and the crescendo of life affirmation in which Nietzsche revealed the doctrine of eternal recurrence and previewed the figure of Zarathustra (Book Four). Invigorated and motivated by \u003ci\u003eThus Spoke Zarathustra\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, Nietzsche in 1887 added a new preface, an appendix of poems, and Book Five, where he deepened the critique of science and displayed a more genealogical approach. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume provides the first English translation of the \u003ci\u003eIdylls from Messina\u003c\/i\u003e and, more importantly, it includes the first English translation of the notebooks of 1881–1882, in which Nietzsche first formulated the eternal recurrence. Structurally and stylistically, \u003ci\u003eThe Joyful Science\u003c\/i\u003e remains Nietzsche's most effective book of aphorisms, immediately after which he took on the voice and alter ego of Zarathustra in order to push beyond the boundaries of even the most liberating prose. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40823768842337,"sku":"9780804728775","price":71.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40319531_fbcb9847-bed2-40c0-a974-3d9538eabea0.jpg?v=1773325687","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780804728775-joyful-science-idylls-from-messina","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}