Friedrich Nietzsche
A Fighter Against His Time
GA 5
Nietzsche's Works
For orientation purposes, I list here Nietzsche's writings that have been published to date and are relevant to my remarks, adding the year of the first edition's publication to each one.
The Birth of Tragedy. Or: Hellenism and Pessimism. The first edition was published in 1872. A new edition with a preprinted “Attempt at Self-Criticism” was published in 1886.
Untimely Meditations. First piece: David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer, 1st edition 1873. — Second piece: On the Use and Abuse of History for Life, 1st edition 1874. — Third piece: Schopenhauer as Educator, 1st edition 1874. — Fourth piece: Richard Wagner in Bayreuth 1st edition 1876.
Human, All Too Human. A book for free spirits Volume 1. 1st edition 1878. A new edition with an introductory preface was published in 1886.
Human, All Too Human. A Book for Free Spirits, Volume 2. The two sections of this book, “Miscellaneous Opinions and Sayings” and “The Wanderer and His Shadow,” were first published as separate books. The first appeared in 1879 under the title: "Human, All Too Human. A Book for Free Spirits. Appendix: Miscellaneous Opinions and Sayings,“ the second in 1880. Both sections were combined in 1886 into a single volume, which was provided with an introductory preface and bore the title: ”Human, All Too Human. A Book for Free Spirits. Volume 2. New edition with an introductory preface."
Dawn. Thoughts on moral prejudices. 1st edition, 1881. New edition with an introductory preface, 1887.
The Gay Science (“La gaya scienza”). 1st edition, 1882. New edition with a preface, 1887.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The parts were first published separately: Part 1 in 1883; Part 2 in 1883; Part 3 in 1884. The first complete edition of the three parts was published in 1886. The fourth part appeared in 1885 in 40 copies for friends only and not until 1891 as the first edition.
Beyond Good and Evil. Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future. First edition 1886.
On the Genealogy of Morals. A Polemic. First edition 1887.
The Case of Wagner. A Musician's Problem. First edition 1888.
Twilight of the Idols or How to Philosophize with a Hammer. First edition 1889.
Nietzsche contra Wagner. Documents of a Psychologist. First published in 1895 in the complete edition. Already printed once in 1888, but not published.
The Antichrist. An Attempt at a Critique of Christianity. The first book of Nietzsche's unfinished work “The Will to Power” . First printed in the complete edition (1895).
Poems. In the complete edition, 1895.
A complete edition of Nietzsche's works in eight volumes was published by C. G. Naumann in Leipzig in 1895. It contains: “The Birth of Tragedy,” 4th edition; “Untimely Meditations,” 3rd edition; “Human, All Too Human,” vols. 1 and 2, 4th edition; “Dawn,” 2nd edition; “The Gay Science,” 2nd edition; “Thus Spoke Zarathustra,” 4th edition; “Beyond Good and Evil,” 5th edition; “On the Genealogy of Morals,” 4th edition; “The Case of Wagner,” 3rd edition; “Twilight of the Idols,” 3rd edition; “Nietzsche contra Wagner”; “The Antichrist”; “Poems.”
The publication of Nietzsche's unprinted works, as well as his drafts, fragments, and so on, is imminent.