{"product_id":"the-gay-science-9780486841687","title":"The Gay Science","description":"Although dour in appearance and formidable in reputation, Friedrich Nietzsche was an ardent practitioner of the art of poetry--known in twelfth-century Proven al as \"the gay science.\" This extensive collection of prose and verse offers a sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views central to his thinking, as well as the ideas that proved most influential to later philosophers. \u003cbr\u003e Dating from the era when Nietzsche was at the peak of his intellectual powers, most of this book was written just before \u003ci\u003eThus Spoke Zarathustra, \u003c\/i\u003e and the rest of it five years later, after \u003ci\u003eBeyond Good and Evil.\u003c\/i\u003e Zarathustra makes his first appearance in these pages, along with the author's well-known proclamation of the death of God. Readers will find this volume a wellspring for some of Nietzsche's most sustained and thought-provoking discussions of art and morality, knowledge and truth, the intellectual conscience, and the origin of logic, as well as the largest collection of Nietzsche's published poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486841687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637980557468,"sku":"9780486841687","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c1095794-5dcb-4344-a987-74beceb30b0b.jpg?v=1603846155","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-gay-science-9780486841687","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}