{"product_id":"9780486147079","title":"Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Books for everybody are always malodorous books: the smell of petty people clings to them,\" scoffed Friedrich Nietzsche. These two works, \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Idols\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Antichrist\u003c\/i\u003e, crowned the radical philosopher's career of writing books that are decidedly not for everyone. Written in 1888, while Nietzsche was at the height of his brilliance — but shortly before the onset of the insanity that gripped him until his death in 1900 — they blaze with provocative, inflammatory rhetoric.\u003cbr\u003eNietzsche's \"grand declaration of war,\" \u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Idols\u003c\/i\u003e examines what we worship and why. Intended by the author as a general introduction to his philosophy, it assails \"idols\" of Western philosophy and culture (Socratic rationality and Christian morality among them) and sets the scene for \u003ci\u003eThe Antichrist\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to its full-scale attack on Christianity and Jesus Christ, \u003ci\u003eThe Antichrist\u003c\/i\u003e denounces organized religion as a whole. H. L. Mencken declared that \"it is, to many sensitive men, in the worst possible taste, but at bottom it is enormously apt and effective — on the surface, it is undoubtedly a good show.\" Students of philosophy, history, and German literature will find these works essential to an understanding of Nietzschean philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072920305904,"sku":"9780486147079","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486147079_p0.jpg?v=1763708305","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486147079","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}