{"product_id":"books-the-twilight-of-the-idols-by-friedrich-wilhelm-nietzsche","title":"\"The Twilight of the Idols","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks 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":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53509575573777,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780140442076.jpg?v=1778163558","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-twilight-of-the-idols-by-friedrich-wilhelm-nietzsche","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}