The Joyful Science / Idylls from Messina / Unpublished Fragments from the Period of The Joyful Scien av Friedrich Nietzsche

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<p>Written on the threshold of <i>Thus Spoke Zarathustra</i> during a high point of social, intellectual and psychic vibrancy, <i>The Joyful Science</i> (frequently translated as <i>The Gay Science</i>) is one of Nietzsche''s thematically tighter books. Here he debuts and practices the art of <i>amor fati</i>, 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 <i>Thus Spoke Zarathustra</i> and <i>Beyond Good and Evil</i>, 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 gene