Friedrich Nietzsche 
ON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALITY – NIETZSCHE 

’Genealogy of Morality’ or ’Genealogy of Morals’ was published in 1887 by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The work criticizes the prevailing morality by studying the origin of moral principles that have governed the West since Socrates. Nietzsche is against all kinds of logical and scientific reasoning applied to morality, and therefore carries out a fierce critique of speculative reason and all Western culture in all its manifestations: religion, morality, philosophy, science, and art, among others. Originally written as a ’complement and clarification of Beyond Good and Evil, ’ as stated in the introduction of the first edition, ’Genealogy of Morals’ became one of Nietzsche's most influential and controversial books, and Nietzsche himself is considered one of the most influential and important modern thinkers.

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Friedrich Nietzsche was a philosopher, writer, poet, philologist, and musician, and is considered one of the most influential and important modern thinkers of the 19th century. Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844, in the town of Röcken in Germany. His father was a scholarly individual, and his grandparents were Lutheran pastors. Raised in a family of clergymen, Nietzsche was prepared to become a pastor himself.