Philosophy Study Group

 

Organizer:  Curt Hillstrom

Date: Nov 13, 2024

Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location:  via Zoom

The MISF Philosophy Study Group meets next on Wednesday, November 13, at 7:00 pm via Zoom. For this meeting we will discuss Friedrich Nietzsche’s classic, On the Genealogy of Morals, first published in 1887.

As a classic, this book is readily available in many different formats and translations. What has come to be considered the standard translation is that by Walter Kaufmann (called accurate with a faithful interpretation by a Nietzsche scholar), though others are also highly regarded, such as those by Maudemarie Clark and Alan J. Swensen (detailed annotations and helpful commentary), Carol Diethe and Keith Ansell-Pearson (scholarly with a thorough analysis), and Douglas Smith (clear and accessible).

The book can be had new in paperback from $5 – $15 and as an ebook from $1 – $12. It is also available online for free at philosophy.ucsc.edu and Project Gutenberg as well as other locations. There are also numerous commentaries and study guides. (For the latter, check sparknotes.com, study.com, and litcharts.com.) For the 13th we’ll read the preface and the first essay, “’Good and Evil’, ‘Good and Bad.’”

This book is not to be confused with the well-known cladistic analysis of some spore-producing fungi, The Genealogy of Morels, by Freddie Niche.

Curt