Twilight of the Idols
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"Twilight of the Idols" is a late philosophical work by Friedrich Nietzsche in which he sharply critiques traditional morality, religion, and German culture in a concise, aphoristic style.
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| Götzen-Dämmerung | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ work of philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ |
| containsSection |
Foreword
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How the “True World” Finally Became a Fable ⓘ Maxims and Arrows ⓘ Morality as Anti-Nature ⓘ Reason in Philosophy ⓘ Skirmishes of an Untimely Man ⓘ The Four Great Errors ⓘ The Improvers of Mankind ⓘ The Problem of Socrates ⓘ What I Owe to the Ancients ⓘ What the Germans Lack ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | German Empire ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Christian morality
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German nationalism ⓘ Plato ⓘ Socrates ⓘ contemporary German culture ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Antichrist ⓘ |
| follows | The Case of Wagner ⓘ |
| genre |
aphoristic writing
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cultural criticism ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aesthetics
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cultural criticism ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century existentialism
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modern moral philosophy ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | aphoristic ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of Christianity
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critique of German culture ⓘ critique of religion ⓘ critique of traditional morality ⓘ philosophy of life-affirmation ⓘ revaluation of values ⓘ |
| movement |
existentialism (precursor)
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nihilism (critique) ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
critique of moral error theories
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critique of the “true world” ⓘ philosophizing with a hammer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Twilight of the Idols
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surface form:
Götzen-Dämmerung
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| partOf | Nietzsche's late works ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Nietzschean philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | continental philosophy ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| publisher | C. G. Naumann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subtitle | How to Philosophize with a Hammer ⓘ |
| workPeriod | Nietzsche's late period ⓘ |
| writtenInYear | 1888 ⓘ |
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Götzen-Dämmerung