Part 1

THE WILL TO POWER

AN ATTEMPTED TRANSVALUATION OF ALL VALUES

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

TRANSLATED BY

ANTHONY M. LUDOVICI

VOL. I

BOOKS I AND II

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

The First Complete and Authorised English Translation

Edited by Dr Oscar Levy

Volume Fourteen

T.N. FOULIS

13 & 15 FREDERICK STREET

EDINBURGH: AND LONDON

1914

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

PREFACE 1

FIRST BOOK. EUROPEAN NIHILISM. A PLAN

I. NIHILISM--

1. Nihilism as an Outcome of the Valuations and Interpretations of Existence which have prevailed hitherto 2. Further Causes of Nihilism 3. The Nihilistic Movement as an Expression of Decadence 4. The Crisis: Nihilism and the Idea of Recurrence

II. CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN NIHILISM--

(a) Modern Gloominess (b) The Last Centuries (c) Signs of Increasing Strength

SECOND BOOK. A CRITICISM OF THE HIGHEST VALUES THAT HAVE PREVAILED HITHERTO.

I. CRITICISM OF RELIGION--

1. Concerning the Origin of Religions 2. Concerning the History of Christianity 3. Christian Ideals

II. A CRITICISM OF MORALITY--

1. The Origin of Moral Valuations 2. The Herd 3. General Observations concerning Morality 4. How Virtue is made to Dominate 5. The Moral Ideal--

A. A Criticism of Ideals B. A Criticism of the "Good Man," of the Saint, etc. C. Concerning the Slander of the so-called Evil Qualities D. A Criticism of the Words: Improving, Perfecting, Elevating