Project Gutenberg 2016-04-09 Public domain in the USA. 293 Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm 1844 1900 Levy, Oscar 1867 1946 Levy, O. (Oscar) Levy, Oscar Ludwig Ludovici, Anthony M. (Anthony Mario) 1882 1971 Ludovici, Anthony Mario Ludovici, A. M. (Anthony Mario) Ludovici, Tony Thoughts out of Season, Part I David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer - Richard Wagner in Bayreuth. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untimely_Meditations Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Hathi Trust.) "Thoughts out of Season, Part I" by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is a philosophical text written in the late 19th century. This work presents Nietzsche's critiques of contemporary culture and morality, exploring themes such as the consequences of national pride following Germany's victory in the Franco-Prussian War and the nature of genuine culture versus mere cultivation. Central figures in this examination include David Strauss and Richard Wagner, whose works and legacies prompt Nietzsche's reflections on art, culture, and the future of humanity. At the start of the text, Nietzsche discusses the aftermath of the war, emphasizing the danger of complacency that often follows victory. He warns against the prevailing belief that German culture itself has triumphed, suggesting instead that the military success was due to factors unrelated to genuine cultural achievement. He critiques "culture-Philistinism," the shallow cultural attitudes that he believes threaten to overshadow true artistic and intellectual growth. Nietzsche sets the tone for his polemics against complacency in the face of a flourishing yet insipid culture, using the ideas of Strauss and Wagner as focal points for his arguments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 43.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Strauss, David Friedrich, 1808-1874 B Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 409589 2025-07-20T14:51:55.817132 text/html 391000 2024-10-23T00:19:24 text/html 230461 2025-07-20T14:52:00.005099 application/epub+zip 236578 2025-07-20T14:51:56.496112 application/epub+zip 211454 2025-07-20T14:51:56.146119 application/epub+zip 328581 2025-07-20T14:52:02.948083 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298925 2025-07-20T14:51:59.659088 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290333 2022-09-23T14:35:56.484704 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383714 2025-07-20T14:51:55.520089 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 363931 2024-10-23T00:19:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18984 2025-07-20T14:52:03.085049 application/rdf+xml 8571 2025-07-20T14:51:56.219099 image/jpeg 1532 2025-07-20T14:51:56.184088 image/jpeg 213326 2025-07-20T14:51:55.855084 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia de.wikipedia en.wikipedia