Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human (Week 1)

Three texts by Nietzsche, published separately between 1878 and 1880, comprise the work we will read as 'Human, All Too Human':

• "Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits",
• "Assorted Opinions and Maxims”, and
• "The Wanderer and his Shadow”.

These works mark the beginning of Nietzsche's aphoristic style, and a shift in his focus to (what he calls) psychology and human fallibility, frailty—a shift in focus towards what moves us, what we value or esteem in life.

Whether you're new to discussing philosophical texts or can synthesize disparate aphorisms across Nietzsche's corpus, we'd be happy to have you!

**Reading schedule:
Human All Too Human:

1. "Preface" & "Of the First and Last Things", §§1–34
2. "On the History of Moral Sensations", §§35–107
3. "The Religious Life", "From the Souls of Artists and Writers", §§108–223
4. "Signs of Higher and Lower Culture", §§224–292
5. "In Relations with Others", "Woman and Child", §§293–437
6. "A Glance at the State", "By Oneself Alone", "Among Friends", §§438–epilogue.

Assorted Opinions and Maxims:

1. "Preface", §§1–7, and §§1–70
2. §§71–181
3. §§182–408

The Wanderer and his Shadow:

1. Untitled prologue and §§1–61
2. §§62–169
3. §§169–257
4. §§258–350, and untitled epilogue.

For a translation, we're recommending Handwerk's: first vol. and second.