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BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL
JENSEITS VON GUT UND BÖSE
By Friedrich Nietzsche
Von Friedrich Nietzsche
Translated by Helen Zimmern
Übersetzt von Helen Zimmern
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE ABOUT THIS E-TEXT EDITION:
ANMERKUNG DES BEARBEITERS ZU DIESER E-TEXT-AUSGABE:
Some adaptations from the original text were made to format it into an e-text.
Einige Anpassungen am Originaltext wurden vorgenommen, um ihn in einen E-Text zu formatieren.
Italics in the original book are capitalized in this e-text, except for most foreign language phrases that were italicized.
Kursivschrift im Originalbuch wird in diesem E-Text durch Großbuchstaben wiedergegeben, mit Ausnahme der meisten fremdsprachigen Ausdrücke, die kursiv gesetzt waren.
Some spellings were altered.
Einige Schreibweisen wurden geändert.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
PREFACE
VORWORT
BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL
JENSEITS VON GUT UND BÖSE
CHAPTER I: PREJUDICES OF PHILOSOPHERS
KAPITEL I: VORURTEILE DER PHILOSOPHEN
CHAPTER II: THE FREE SPIRIT
KAPITEL II: DER FREIE GEIST
CHAPTER III: THE RELIGIOUS MOOD
KAPITEL III: DIE RELIGIÖSE STIMMUNG
CHAPTER IV: APOPHTHEGMS AND INTERLUDES
KAPITEL IV: APOPHTHEGMEN UND ZWISCHENSPIELE
CHAPTER V: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MORALS
KAPITEL V: ZUR NATURGESCHICHTE DER MORAL
CHAPTER VI: WE SCHOLARS
KAPITEL VI: WIR GELEHRTEN
CHAPTER VII: OUR VIRTUES
KAPITEL VII: UNSERE TUGENDEN
CHAPTER VIII: PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES
KAPITEL VIII: VÖLKER UND VATERLÄNDER
CHAPTER IX: WHAT IS NOBLE?
KAPITEL IX: WAS IST VORNEHM?
FROM THE HEIGHTS (POEM TRANSLATED BY L.A. MAGNUS)
VON DER HÖHE (GEDICHT ÜBERSETZT VON L.A. MAGNUS)
PREFACE
VORWORT
SUPPOSING that Truth is a woman--what then?
ANGENOMMEN, die Wahrheit ist ein Weib – was dann?
Vocabulary
- Erstellt
- Created or produced, past participle of erstellen
- von
- Preposition meaning 'by' or 'from'
- und
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- dem
- Dative definite article meaning 'the'
- Team
- Loanword meaning a group working together
- JENSEITS
- Beyond or on the other side of something
- VON
- Preposition meaning 'of,' 'from,' or 'by'
- GUT
- Adjective meaning good or morally right
- UND
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- BÖSE
- Adjective meaning evil, wicked, or bad
- Von
- Preposition meaning 'of,' 'from,' or 'by'
- Übersetzt
- Translated, past participle of übersetzen
- ANMERKUNG
- A note or remark added to a text
- DES
- Genitive definite article meaning 'of the'
- BEARBEITERS
- Editor's or processor's genitive form
- ZU
- Preposition or particle meaning 'to' or 'too'
- DIESER
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' (feminine/genitive)
- Einige
- Pronoun/adjective meaning 'some' or 'a few'
- Anpassungen
- Adaptations or adjustments made to something
- am
- Contraction of 'an dem,' meaning 'at the'
- Originaltext
- The original text as first written or published
- wurden
- Past passive auxiliary meaning 'were' (done)
- vorgenommen
- Undertaken or carried out, past participle of vornehmen
- um
- Preposition or conjunction meaning 'in order to'
- ihn
- Accusative personal pronoun meaning 'him' or 'it'
- in
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- einen
- Indefinite article accusative masculine meaning 'a'
- zu
- Preposition or infinitive particle meaning 'to'
- formatieren
- To format or arrange text in a specific layout
- Kursivschrift
- Italic script or italicized typeface in printing
- im
- Contraction of 'in dem,' meaning 'in the'
- Originalbuch
- The original book as first published
- wird
- Third-person singular present of werden, meaning 'becomes'
- diesem
- Dative demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this'
- durch
- Preposition meaning 'through' or 'by means of'
- Großbuchstaben
- Capital letters or uppercase letters in writing
- wiedergegeben
- Reproduced or rendered, past participle of wiedergeben
- mit
- Preposition meaning 'with' or 'by'
- Ausnahme
- An exception made to a general rule
- der
- Definite article or relative pronoun meaning 'the'
- meisten
- Superlative of 'viel,' meaning 'most' of something
- fremdsprachigen
- Foreign-language, adjective describing words from other languages
- Ausdrücke
- Expressions or terms used in language
- die
- Definite article or relative pronoun meaning 'the'
- kursiv
- Italic, adjective describing slanted typeface style
- gesetzt
- Set or typeset, past participle of setzen
- waren
- Past tense of 'sein,' meaning 'were'
- Schreibweisen
- Spellings or ways of writing a word
- geändert
- Changed or altered, past participle of ändern
- INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
- Table of contents listing sections of a book
- VORWORT
- Foreword or preface introducing a book
- KAPITEL
- Chapter, a main division of a book
- VORURTEILE
- Prejudices or preconceived biases about something
- DER
- Definite article meaning 'the' (masculine/genitive)
- PHILOSOPHEN
- Philosophers, plural of Philosoph
- FREIE
- Free, adjective meaning unrestrained or independent
- GEIST
- Spirit, mind, or intellect of a person
- DIE
- Definite article meaning 'the' (feminine/plural)
- RELIGIÖSE
- Religious, adjective relating to religion or faith
- STIMMUNG
- Mood, atmosphere, or emotional state
- ZWISCHENSPIELE
- Interludes or intermezzos between main sections
- ZUR
- Contraction of 'zu der,' meaning 'to the'
- NATURGESCHICHTE
- Natural history, study of nature and organisms
- MORAL
- Morality, ethical principles guiding human behavior
- WIR
- Personal pronoun meaning 'we'
- GELEHRTEN
- Scholars or learned people, genitive/dative plural
- UNSERE
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'our'
- TUGENDEN
- Virtues, moral qualities considered praiseworthy
- VÖLKER
- Peoples or nations, plural of Volk
- VATERLÄNDER
- Fatherlands or homelands, plural of Vaterland
- WAS
- Interrogative pronoun meaning 'what'
- IST
- Third-person singular of 'sein,' meaning 'is'
- VORNEHM
- Noble, distinguished, or of high social standing
- HÖHE
- Height, altitude, or elevated position
- GEDICHT
- Poem, a literary work written in verse
- ÜBERSETZT
- Translated, past participle of übersetzen
- ANGENOMMEN
- Assumed or supposed, past participle of annehmen
- Wahrheit
- Truth, the quality of being true or accurate
- ist
- Third-person singular of 'sein,' meaning 'is'
- ein
- Indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'an'
- Weib
- Archaic or dialectal word for woman or wife
- was
- Interrogative or relative pronoun meaning 'what'
- dann
- Adverb meaning 'then' indicating time or consequence
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