It deals with such themes as master morality as opposed to slave morality, bad conscience, ressentiment, and ascetic ideals. The Genealogy is intended by Nietzsche to be a sequel to and clarification of Beyond Good and Evil. In addition to a readable translation, Kaufmann has written a running commentary in the form of short footnotes which become more expansive in one section of the Genealogy which deals with intellectual conscience and with truth.
Also included is an appendix of discarded drafts of parts of Ecce Homo. There is an appendix to the Genealogy consisting of Kaufmann's translations of the aphorisms from earlier works which Nietzsche alludes to in the Genealogy. In this edition of two of Nietzsche's late works, Kaufmann has written a short introduction to each work and included indices for each work.
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