Beyond Good & Evil is one of the most scathing & powerful critiques of philosophy religion science politics & ethics ever written In it Nietzsche presents a set of problems criticisms & philosophical challenges that continue both to inspire & to trouble contemporary thought In addition he offers his most subtle detailed & sophisticated account of the virtues ideas & practices which will characterize philosophy & philosophers of the future With his relentlessly energetic style & tirelessly probing manner Nietzsche embodies the type of thought he wants to foster while defining its historical role & determining its agenda This edition offers a new & readable translation by Judith Norman of one of the most influential texts in the history of philosophy together with an introduction by Rolf-Peter Horstmann that sets it in its historical & philosophical context