Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future, credited to Friedrich Nietzsche, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future by Friedrich Nietzsche. (Translated by Helen Zimmern.) Read in English by Cori Samuel By turns illuminating, infuriating, bewildering, and amusing, Nietzsche's masterwork covers a lot of ground. He rejects most strands of Western thought, especially on the subject of morality, and develops his own theme demanding that individuals embrace their own 'will to power' to give life intention and direction. First published in German in 1887, this translation was produced in 1907 by Helen Zimmern, a long-standing acquaintance of Nietzsche. There is an accessible text at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4363 but it leaves out all words in Greek, and is not in alignment with any printed edition; hence using the archive.org version. - Summary by Cori Samuel

Recording facts

• Recording title: Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
• Author credits: Friedrich Nietzsche
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 8:25:27

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• Christianity
• criticism
• atheism
• dogma

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 6:00
2. 01 - Chap. I. Prejudices of Philosophers — 57:23
3. 02 - Chap. II. The Free Spirit — 52:58
4. 03 - Chap. III. The Religious Mood — 42:28
5. 04 - Chap. IV. Apophthegms and Interludes — 26:38
6. 05 - Chap. V. The Natural History of Morals — 56:07
7. 06 - Chap. VI. We Scholars — 50:31
8. 07 - Chap. VII. Our Virtues — 1:03:55
9. 08 - Chap. VIII. People and Countries — 1:00:40
10. 09 - Chap. IX. What is Noble? Part 1 — 43:03
11. 10 - Chap. IX. What is Noble? Part 2 — 40:26
12. 11 - Epode: From Lofty Mountains — 5:18

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