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Here is Friedrich Nietzsche's great masterpiece The Anti-Christ, wherein Nietzsche attacks Christianity as a blight on humanity. This classic is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Nietzsche and his place within the history of philosophy. "We should not deck out and embellish Christianity: it has waged a war to the death against this higher type of man, it has put all the deepest instincts of this type under its ban, it has developed its concept of evil, of the Evil One himself, out of these instincts-the strong man as the typical reprobate, the 'outcast among men.' Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self-preservative instincts of sound life; it has corrupted even the faculties of those natures that are intellectually most vigorous, by representing the highest intellectual values as sinful, as misleading, as full of temptation. The most lamentable example: the corruption of Pascal, who believed that his intellect had been destroyed by original sin, whereas it was actually destroyed by Christianity!" -Friedrich Nietzsche

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"Bombastic, acerbic, and coldly analytical, The Anti-Christ exemplifies the muscularity of thought that surrounds the Nietzsche legend." Cletus Nelson, Eye

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Friedrich Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844, to the family of a Protestant minister in the town of Rocken, which is located in the Saxony-Anhalt region of what is now eastern Germany. After studying philosophy in Bonn and Leipzig, Nietzsche became a professor at the University of Basel, Switzerland, in 1869. Later, he opted to become a Swiss citizen. While working in Switzerland, he published his first book, a literary work titled THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY FROM THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC. This volume was produced during Nietzsche's friendship with the composer Richard Wagner, though only a few years would pass before the two would part ways as a result of personal and intellectual differences. In failing health and unable to devote himself full time to both teaching and independent writing, Nietzsche chose to resign his university position. During the next decade he wrote such works as THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA (most of which appeared in 1883), BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL (1886), GENEOLOGY OR MORALS (1887), TWILIGHT OF THE GODS (1888), ANTICHIRST (1888), and ECCE HOMO (1888). His collapse while in Turin, Italy, in early 1889, would prove the beginning of a long and arduous struggle with ill-health and insanity. Nietzsche died in the care of his family in Weimar on August 25, 1900, just a few weeks prior to his 56th birthday. Nietzsche advocated the view that humankind should reject otherworldliness and instead rely on its own creative potential to discover values that best serve the social good. His infamous "superman" or "overman" is one who has recognized how to channel individual passions in the direction of creative outlets. In rejecting the morality of the masses, Nietzsche celebrates the pursuit of classical virtues.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ SoHo Books; 10/26/10 edition (November 25, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 86 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1936594269
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1936594269
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.22 x 8.5 inches

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Midnight Hour

Scripture, not what a man thinks

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2014

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This is the revew of a lay person and I like prophecy teaching I can understand by way of the Bible only. If you would rather take God's Word as to what He has to say about the Antichrist over the words of what men think then you will love this book for Dr. Sutton uses only Scripture to tell the story of this man. He does not give his own or anyone else's opinion. This is true of all his teachings. He does something so different than any other prophecy teacher of yesterday or today does. He uses Scripture for the interparetation of the Bible, in this case the Antichrist. I don't know about you, but I had rather take God's Word over any man or woman. Dr. Sutton is very smart and knowledgeable schooled in the US and Egland, a WWII Vet. The man has been all over this earth yet he will not give his opinion over the Word of God. He uses his learning to help you understand world events, yet never will he give his opinion over the Word of God. Very refreshing. So many prophecy teachers of today seem unable to keep their opinion out of what they teach thereby wattering down what they teach because they have gone beyond what God has to say in his Word. Dr. Sutton refuses to do this. What a wonderful blessing. I cannot wait to get more of Dr. Sutton's work.

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HH

Loved it, hated it

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023

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Loved the accuracy of details that formed his point of view. Hated that most details against Christianity can be a substantiated. I don’t agree with his conclusive view of all Christians being worthless and harmful, but I do agree that Christianity has separated itself from the example of the Savior .
I’m sure this book has more to offer others seeking the Antichrist

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Jeremy David Stevens

But who am I?

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2018

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The Anti-Christ is more about the organized religious institution of Christianity than it is about God or even Christians themselves (although he does criticize both God and Christians to some degree, too). The basis for his criticisms are as follows:

1. Christians lifted their religion from pagans.
2. The Bible is full of inconsistencies.
3. The leaders within the Christian faith are con-men and liars.
4. There are better choices than Christianity.
4a. The things Nietzsche states that he values over Christianity in the book include: Buddhism, Code of Manu, Jews/Judaism, Islam, and pretty much everything else.
5. The apostle Paul was one of the original Christian con-men.
6. Western civilization does not lie on a bedrock of Christianity as many modern people often claim (mistakenly in Nietzsche's opinion). He states that since Christianity was lifted from the pagans, it's really paganism that our civilization was built upon.

There is clearly a ring of truth in all of these assertions. I'm just not sure that it's as big of a deal as Nietzsche makes it out to be. But who am I to argue with the brilliant Friedrich Nietzsche?

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Marco da Vinha

An important piece

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2006

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It's great to see Mencken's translation back in print. All considerations about "The Anti-Christ" aside, this translation is a relic of sorts seeing as how it was the first american translation. Though perhaps not the best (i.e., most scholarly) translation, the only great flaw I see in it, taking the book for what it is - a translation by an aficionado-, is the publisher's handling of it.

Mr. Bufe encumbered himself with dumbing down Mencken's introduction and parts of the translation. As he himslef admits in the publisher's note, he translates all french words to english. And for what reason? Apparently they made the text incomprehensible. Poor Mr. Bufe seems to underestimate the readers: it's quite obvious that anyone that has the brains to read this book can easily overcome the language barrier posed by a few words (not to mention the fact that they might know how to speak another language).

"I translated them because they were impediments to comprehension, and because there is no real point to having untranslated French terms in an English text; its only purpose is to make those who can read French feel like members of an elite club." This seems like a rather biased statement. If Mencken and Nietzsche used French words (or any other non-English words), it wasn't to be snobish; it was their style, just like so many other authors. For someone who says he admires Mencken's work (inspite of his "clear signs of anti-semitism"), it's a rather blatant sign of disrespect of the translators work to edit his style in such a way. Were he around, I'm sure that H.L. Mencken would not stand for such a thing.

So again, it's not that he makes the text any less inteligible with the edits, but rather that he takes away from the richness of it, diminishing somewhat the experience of reading such a work.

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Ankur

A well written and thought provoking book

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2021

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The book puts forth Neitczhe's arguments against Christianity. It makes one thinks if they are giving up too much following organized religion. The religion, it's origin, it's impact on the world has been objectively critiqued. Some people may not like it because they are too afraid of age old concepts like sin, damnation. The more closely you look at any religion, the more contradictions you find.

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Abdulla Anderson

Interesting Read

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2007

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this is the last book that Nietzsche had written before he went mad. which necessarily makes it an important book. its tone is harsh and unforgiving.

this book is a very enjoyable book to read, unlike any other. you might feel that he is slightly being unfair towards Christians, but he makes it clear why he does so in his small introduction at the beginning of the book.

there is something that is extremely important to note, which is that this book is NOT a critique of God in any way. it is merely a critique of the Christian concept of God. he states this twice in the book, but very briefly and without making it absolutely clear.

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Ernie cardinal1

Great read! Nice paperback issue

Reviewed in Canada on August 5, 2023

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Nice small book easy to carry and read, (some smaller compact books have horrible small print, but this one doesn’t!) cant wait to finish reading the book… I opened the first page and was pulled in immediately with the text and storyline.

Daniel James

The Deconstruction of Christianity as a Force for Good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2021

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Christianity is widely accepted as a virtuous form of humanitarianism, immune from ridicule or contempt despite its obvious flaws.
Here, Nietzsche launches a scathing attack on this presupposition and determines that Christianity is the main source of a transvaluation of values which culminate in a degeneration of culture and corruption of the mind.

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Huitzi Daniel Rojo Inclán

My first experience

Reviewed in Mexico on November 15, 2019

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As the title may suggest, this is my first time reading anything related to Nietzsche. Why I chose The Antichrist?
Well for two reason really:
1) Since some time ago I wanted to start reading him, but didn't wanted to do it with Thus Spoke Zarathustra (that I reserve it for another time)
2) Since I was little, something in me didn't believed in any God or religion, so I thought it would be great to see what someone as Nietzsche believed.
That said, let me tell you what I thought.

As a first time reading anything Philosophy-like especially Nietzsche, I can't go very deep with my review. Though that doesn't mean I can't talk about it.
I believe this book is for someone who doesn't care about Heavy reading or cares about how long it can take to go through it, but certainly there will be three type of readers.
a) The ones who will call BS any thoughts coming from this reading
b) The ones who without question will accept any idea of what they read.
c) And the ones who will question everything they read.

For me I'm between the second and third. Where I truly believe anything Nietzsche said is completely true and questioning if it is really necessary to be as extremist as he was.
Maybe it's only me but Religion perse is as important as any other thing Human ever created, and yes, it has been the cause of many of the Corruption of society. So as many other things created by Humans.
Nevertheless everything that has done any bad can do many goods, you only have te reform it.