Freidrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a German cultural critic, philosopher, and essayist. His works on the meaning of existence, truth, consciousness, morality, power, language, nihilism, aesthetics, history and cultural theory have had a profound effect on Western intellectual history and Philosophy. Nietzsche was born in a small village in Prussia in 1844.

The best place to start is the Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy series, the earliest of Freidrich Nietzsche's multi-book series: it opens with Summa Theologiae / Questions on God (1273) and runs to 93 books across 1273–2018, ending with The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings (1999). Freidrich Nietzsche's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Freidrich Nietzsche has 121 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1273 and 2021. 120 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy series with 93 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Freidrich Nietzsche's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy (1273–2018, 93 books), The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (1871–2021, 17 books) and Portable Library (1976–1999, 10 books).

This guide splits Freidrich Nietzsche's 121 books into 3 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy (93 books, 1273–2018); The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (17 books, 1871–2021); Portable Library (10 books, 1976–1999).