Nietzscheans Unite! A Meetup to greet up…

To get this group off to a good start, let’s take some time to get to know each other. This first online meeting will describe the intentions of this group, the structure of Meetups to come, what is hoped for from attendees, an introduction to the “syllabus“, and an explanation of why some texts will not be included. After that Meetup introduction, we will take some time to share our own introductions. Jason and I are looking forward to some lively discussions, thought provoking questions, and maybe some answers, too.

Any editions of the books on the syllabus will do (Walter Kaufmann’s translations preferred), but the texts we will use for most of our discussions are the following collections: The Basic Writings of Nietzsche, edited by Walter Kaufmann (included texts marked with an asterisk below), also available used from Bookfinders, and Walter Kaufmann’s, The Portable Nietzsche (included texts marked with two asterisks below).

Syllabus (titles are linked to free PDF’s, most of which require a free academia.edu account)
The Birth of Tragedy (Preface, sections 1-15 only)*
On Truth and Lies In A Nonmoral Sense
Selections from Untimely Meditations (academia.edu)
On The Use and Abuse of History
Schopenhauer as Educator
The Gay Science (academia.edu)
Beyond Good and Evil (academia.edu)*
On The Genealogy of Morals (academia.edu)*
The Case of Wagner*
Twilight of the Idols** (academia.edu)
The Antichrist**
Ecce Homo*
Nietzsche Contra Wagner**