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Nov 6, 2026 12 min

Reading NIETZSCHE: Where to Start?

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Download the cheat sheet: http://weltgeist.tv/nietzsche"I want to read Nietzsche, where do I start?" is a question that often comes up. Nietzsche's philosophy is notoriously difficult to interpret and Nietzsche was a prolific writer with a dozen books to his name. If one wants the best possible understanding, where does one start? In what order should you read his books? In this video, we make a few suggestions. Start with Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, or The Genealogy of Morals? What about Twilight of the Idols? Daybreak? Secondary literature? In this video we cover it all. Of course, this is just some advice. There will be disagreement on this order, and if there should be an "order" at all. But that's okay.

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