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What is Beyond Good and Evil about?

Beyond Good and Evil was published by Friedrich Nietzsche in 1886, with the subtitle Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future. It is a book of short sections and aphorisms rather than a single continuous argument.

Nietzsche criticises earlier philosophers for claiming to seek truth when they are defending their own prejudices. He questions the idea of fixed moral values, and discusses religion, scholars, nations and the free spirit. This edition is the English translation by Helen Zimmern, with L. A. Magnus.

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Yes. Beyond Good and Evil was first published in 1886, so it is in the US public domain. Friedrich Nietzsche died in 1900 and the translator in 1934, so it is also free in the EU, where copyright ends 70 years after death. This edition comes from Standard Ebooks, which releases its texts under CC0.

What is Beyond Good and Evil about?

Nietzsche challenges traditional moral and philosophical assumptions and argues for new ways of thinking about values.

Who translated this edition of Beyond Good and Evil?

Helen Zimmern, with L. A. Magnus, in an English version of 1907.