About the Book: Joyous Science
The Joyous Science--also known as The Gay Science and The Joyful Wisdom--is a
liberating voyage of discovery as Nietzsches realization that "God is dead" and
his critique of morality, the arts and modernity give way to an exhilarating
doctrine of self-emancipation and the concept of eternal recurrence. Here is
Nietzsche at his most personal and affirmative; in his words, this is a book of
"exuberance, restlessness, contrariety and April showers." With its unique voice
and style, its playful combination of poetry and prose, and its invigorating
quest for self-emancipation, The Joyous Science is a literary tour de force and
quite possibly Nietzsches best