Friedrich Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals" is a philosophical polemical essay that critically examines the origins and development of moral concepts. It is significant for its influential critique of traditional morality and its exploration of power dynamics in ethical systems.
Sources for Friedrich Nietzsche — On the Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche — On the Genealogy of Morals in Letters and Essays
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- Cicero — The Letters of Cicero (c. 50 BCE)
- Seneca — Moral Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales) (c. 65 CE)
- Sei Shōnagon — The Pillow Book (c. 1002)
- Michel de Montaigne — The Letters of Montaigne (1580)
- Francis Bacon — The Essays (1625)
- René Descartes — A Discourse on Method (1637)
- John Milton — Areopagitica (1644)
- Charles Lamb — The Letters of Charles Lamb (1837)
- William Hazlitt — Sketches and Essays (1839)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson — Letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson to a Friend (1899)