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Magnum in parvo: A philosophy in compendium

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Cover of the book Magnum in parvo. Una filosofía en compendio, F. Nietzsche, 1888 (Alianza Editorial, 2024)
Portrait of Nietzsche, 1882 (Gustav Adolf Schultze)

Magnum in parvo: A philosophy in compendium (1888), in German Magnum in parvo: Eine Philosophie im Auszug, is a project of work of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) conceived in Sils Maria, Switzerland, at the end of August 1888, the last summer of his lucid life.[1][2][3][4] This is a book that the Röcken philosopher planned as a rigorous and precise synthesis of his ill-fated capital project The Will to Power and in which the key themes of his thought are addressed. However, a sudden change of opinion in a context of growing mental excitement prior to Nietzsche's near psychophysical collapse determined that this unique work was finally published not in the planned unitary form, but dissolved and mixed with other materials in two different books: Twilight of the Idols (1889) and The Antichrist (1894).[5][6][7]

It can be considered that this "lost" work of the late Nietzsche is a unique and key text within his philosophical creation because it allows to access in a clear, synthetic and at the same time profound way to the heart of the often unsystematic, fragmented and abstruse thought of someone who said of himself "I am not a man, I am dynamite", who was the notary of the death of God and who fought against the evils of idealism, moralism and nihilism castrating life, announced the Übermensch, affirmed the eternal return and amor fati and encouraged human beings to become innocent and playful artists who shape their own lives.

The edition of Magnum in parvo in Alianza Editorial (2024), translated, prologued and annotated by professor Joaquín Riera Ginestar,[8][9] reconstructs for the first time and in a scientific manner, from the posthumous fragments [10][11] and the original Nietzschean manuscripts[12] studied, systematized and critically edited by Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari,[13][14][15] the work as Nietzsche designed it, thus recovering a piece of notable philosophical and literary value, more rounded, together, than what would result from its two offspring.

References

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  1. ^ Montinari, M. (1982). Nietzsche lesen. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
  2. ^ Morey, M. (2018). Vidas de Nietzsche. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
  3. ^ Friedrich Nietzsche, Digital critical edition of the complete works and letters, based on the critical text by G. Colli and M. Montinari, Berlin/New York, de Gruyter 1967-, edited by Paolo D'Iorio http://www.nietzschesource.org/#eKGWB/NF-1888,19
  4. ^ Nietzsche, F. (1997). El Anticristo. Traducción, introducción y notas de Andrés Sánchez Pascual. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
  5. ^ Colli, G. y Montinari M. (1969). Friedrich Nietzsche Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe, VI, 3: Der Fall Wagner. Götzen-Dämmerung. / Nachgelassene Schriften (August 1888-Anfang Januar 1889): Der Antichrist. Ecce homo. Dionysos-Dithyramben. / Nietzsche contra Wagner. Berlín: Walter de Gruyter.
  6. ^ Colli, G. y Mazzino, M. (1988). Friedrich Nietzsche Sämtliche Werke. Kritische Studienausgabe, 14, Kommentar zu den Bänden 1-13. Berlín/Nueva York/Múnich: Walter de Gruyter.
  7. ^ Friedrich Nietzsche, Digital critical edition of the complete works and letters, based on the critical text by G. Colli and M. Montinari, Berlin/New York, de Gruyter 1967-, edited by Paolo D’Iorio http://www.nietzschesource.org/#eKGWB
  8. ^ Nietzsche, F. (2024). Magnum in parvo: Una filosofía en compendio. Traducción, introducción y notas de Joaquín Riera Ginestar. Madrid: Alianza Editorial https://www.alianzaeditorial.es/libro/bibliotecas-de-autor/magnum-in-parvo-friedrich-nietzsche-9788411485265/
  9. ^ Bibliographic record of professor Joaquín Riera Ginestar at Dialnet: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=2964721
  10. ^ Colli, G. y Montinari M. (1972). Friedrich Nietzsche Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe, VIII, 3. Nachgelassene Fragmente Anfang 1888 bis Anfang Januar 1889. Berlin et New York: Walter de Gruyter.
  11. ^ Nietzsche, F. (2006). Fragmentos Póstumos. Volumen IV (1885- 1889). Edición de Diego Sánchez Meca. Madrid: Editorial Tecnos.
  12. ^ Friedrich Nietzsche, Digital critical edition of the complete works and letters, based on the critical text by G. Colli and M. Montinari, Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter 1967-, edited by Paolo D’Iorio http://www.nietzschesource.org/#eKGWB/NF-1888,19
  13. ^ Colli, G. y Montinari M. (1969). Friedrich Nietzsche Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe, VI, 3: Der Fall Wagner. Götzen-Dämmerung. / Nachgelassene Schriften (August 1888-Anfang Januar 1889): Der Antichrist. Ecce homo. Dionysos-Dithyramben. / Nietzsche contra Wagner. Berlín: Walter de Gruyter.
  14. ^ Colli, G. y Mazzino, M. (1988). Friedrich Nietzsche Sämtliche Werke. Kritische Studienausgabe, 14, Kommentar zu den Bänden 1-13. Berlín/Nueva York/Múnich: Walter de Gruyter.
  15. ^ Friedrich Nietzsche, Digital critical edition of the complete works and letters, based on the critical text by G. Colli and M. Montinari, Berlin/New York, de Gruyter 1967-, edited by Paolo D’Iorio http://www.nietzschesource.org/#eKGWB

Bibliography

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  • Colli, G. y Montinari, M. (1969). Friedrich Nietzsche Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe, VI, 3: Der Fall Wagner. Götzen-Dämmerung. / Nachgelassene Schriften (August 1888-Anfang Januar 1889): Der Antichrist. Ecce homo. Dionysos-Dithyramben. / Nietzsche contra Wagner. Berlín: Walter de Gruyter.
  • Colli, G. y Montinari M. (1972). Friedrich Nietzsche Werke. Kritische Gesamtausgabe, VIII, 3. Nachgelassene Fragmente Anfang 1888 bis Anfang Januar 1889. Berlin et New York: Walter de Gruyter.
  • Colli, G. y Montinari, M. (1988). Friedrich Nietzsche Sämtliche Werke. Kritische Studienausgabe, 14, Kommentar zu den Bänden 1-13. Berlín/Nueva York/Múnich: Walter de Gruyter.
  • Montinari, M. (1982). Nietzsche lesen. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
  • Morey, M. (2018). Vidas de Nietzsche. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
  • Nietzsche, F. (1997). El Anticristo. Traducción, introducción y notas de Andrés Sánchez Pascual. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
  • Nietzsche, F. (2006). Fragmentos Póstumos. Volumen IV (1885- 1889). Edición de Diego Sánchez Meca. Madrid: Editorial Tecnos.
  • Nietzsche, F. (2024). Magnum in parvo: Una filosofía en compendio. Traducción, introducción y notas de Joaquín Riera Ginestar. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
  • Nietzsche, F., Digital critical edition of the complete works and letters, based on the critical text by G. Colli and M. Montinari, Berlin/New York, de Gruyter 1967-, edited by Paolo D’Iorio http://www.nietzschesource.org/#eKGWB
  • Sommer, A.U. (2012). Nietzsche-Kommentar: Der Fall Wagner und Götzen-Dämmerung. Berlín: Walter de Gruyter.
  • Sommer, A.U. (2013). Nietzsche-Kommentar: Der Antichrist, Ecce homo, Dionysos-Dithyramben und Nietzsche contra Wagner. Berlín: Walter de Gruyter.