《On the Genealogy of Morality》简介:

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past 150 years and On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is his most important work on ethics and politics. A polemical contribution to moral and political theory, it offers a critique of moral values and traces the historical evolution of concepts such as guilt, conscience, responsibility, law and justice. This is a revised and updated 2006 edition of one of the most successful volumes to appear in Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Keith Ansell-Pearson modified his introduction to Nietzsche's classic text, and Carol Diethe incorporated a number of changes to the translation itself, reflecting the considerable advances in our understanding of Nietzsche. In this guise the Cambridge Texts edition of Nietzsche's Genealogy should continue to enjoy widespread adoption, at both undergraduate and graduate level.

《On the Genealogy of Morality》摘录:

人们应该当心,不要立刻把“纯洁”与“不纯洁”这种观念看得太重、太广,甚至看成象征性的。古人类的所有观念都应当从一开始就被理解为一堆我们几乎不能想像的粗糙的、笨拙的、浅薄的、狭窄的、直截了当的、特别是不具代表性的东西,“纯洁的人”最初的意思不过是洗澡的人,拒绝吃某种感染腹疾的食品的人,不和肮脏的下层妇女睡觉的人,厌恶流血的人——仅此而已,岂有其它! 所有高贵的道德都产生于一种凯旋式的自我肯定,而奴隶道德则起始于对“外界”,对“他人”,对“非我”的否定:这种否定就是奴隶道德的创造性行动。向外界而不是向自身寻求价值——这就是一种怨恨:奴隶道德的形成总是先需要一个对立的外部环境,从物理学的角度讲,它需要外界刺激才能出场,这种行动从本质上说是对外界的反应。 高贵的人在生活中充满自信和坦率(“血统高贵”强调“真诚”,或许还有“天真”),而怀恨的人既不真诚也不天真,甚至对自己都不诚实和直率,他的心灵是斜的,他的精神喜欢隐蔽的角落、秘密的路径和后门;任何隐晦的事情都能引起他的兴趣,成为他的世界、他的保障、他的安慰,他擅长于沉默、记忆、等待,擅长于暂时地卑躬屈膝、低声下气。 当一个高贵的人感受到怨恨的时候,这怨恨会爆发,并且消耗在一种瞬间的反应中,因此也就不会起毒化作用。此外,在许多场合下,高贵者丝毫不会感到怨恨,而所有的软弱者和无能者却会毫无例外地感到怨恨。具有坚强完美之天性的人,其标志是他根本不会长期地把自己的敌人、不幸和失误看得很严重,因为他们有丰富的塑造力、修复力、治愈力,还有一种忘却力。

《On the Genealogy of Morality》目录:

Acknowledgements and a note on the text
A note on the revised edition
Editor's introduction: On Nietzsche's critique of morality
Chronology
Guide to further reading
Biographical synopses
On the Genealogy of Morality
Supplementary material to On the Genealogy of Morality
'The Greek State'
'Homer's Contest'
Index of names
Index of subjects
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