Friedrich Nietzsche's 1882 work, expanded with a fifth book in 1887. Its fourth book contains the aphorism known as "The Greatest Weight," the clearest statement of Nietzsche's thought experiment of eternal recurrence: whether a person could will every moment of their life, exactly as it was, to recur again and again without end. This is Walter Kaufmann's 1974 English translation, the standard edition cited across academic Nietzsche scholarship.
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AuthorFriedrich Nietzsche; Walter Kaufmann (trans.)
PublisherVintage Books
Publication Year1974
Source Typeprimary-text
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Walter Kaufmann's translation is the standard English scholarly edition of this text, used throughout academic Nietzsche studies since its publication; placed at this atlas's top tier as an authoritative primary text in a widely relied upon critical translation. Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
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