Nietzsche’s Werke Band V: Die Fröhliche Wissenschaft (The Gay Science)

Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1895. Second Edition. publisher's boards. Very good. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Nietzsche’s Werke Band V: Die Fröhliche Wissenschaft (The Gay Science). Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1895. 1 blank leaf with half-title on verso + TP + half-title + 1 leaf = Inhalt + [3] - 362 + [i] - xv. Octavo. Second edition.

Volume five of the first collected edition of Nietzsche’s works presents the second edition of The Gay Science/Joyful Wisdom (first published in 1882, the definitive edition in 1887).

The Gay Science, which is the final and culminating volume of Nietzsche’s aphoristic works, contains the first instance of his famous statement, “Gott ist tot!” (God is Dead) – first in section 108, then more elaborately detailed in the Parable of the Madman in section 125, and for a third time in section 343. It also contains the first appearance of the doctrine of the "Eternal Return of the Same" (which plays such a prominent role in Zarathustra) and even includes Nietzsche's first mention of the Ubermensch.

CONDITION: Very good in original Naumann binding: half-leather with marbled boards. Some edge wear and scuffing with small chipping to head of spine. Marbled endpapers. Pages clean and unmarked.