Fredrick Neichze

Those aren't difficult concepts. You just need to read more Nietzsche.

>Neichze
American education, everyone.

Nietzsche I am sorry

Hobbes and Locke, you absolute fucken pleb

I thought it was Locke. Sorry I don't have the faces of capitalists memorized

>Sorry I don't have the faces of capitalists memorized
Don't pretend you know a single thing about political theory if you don't know who those guys are. Jfc this place sometimes...

I know them and why they're important, I just don't know their faces. Calm down

>No one here suggesting to start with Twilight of the idols
Shaking my head senpaitachi. It's the easiest of all to digest and the more political of his works, where he, dare I say it, deconstructs philosophy and parts of the culture around him. Unfortunately you have to know about the Greeks to understand the bulk of Nietzsche's work. The first phil book I picked up was Plato's Republic, once I read the perspective that Nietzsche gave in twilight of the idols, I never saw the republic in the same light. Socrates, or better Plato created the work to find a solution to the injustice they faced when the Spartans conquered Athens after the Peloponnesian war. The republic is probably something Nietzsche would call one of the first articulations of slave morality attempting to revolt agains't a master morality. He makes the point even further that the Socratic method and philosophy became so prevalent that it became one of the reasons why Christianity was formed. Kant's work is also integral to anything Nietzsche talks about when discussing enlightenment. Lets see who else. perhaps a little bit of Epicurus and er, I think it was Pythocles? Well, tbf you should be looking up the references as you read Nietzsche. His main books -- genealogy of morales and beyond good and evil -- are dense as fuck despite being 200 pages. It's more along the lines of a 1000 paged book if you read and understand the ideas referenced. Which I suggest you do.

You start with Birth of Tragedy and read the rest in order of release.
Nietzsche developed his views constantly and criticizes his earlier stuff, you can't really jump into him easily. Definitely don't expect his arguments from one book to be held or fairly summarised in another.
Honestly, if you want a good primer I'd recommend getting the compilation "The Essential Nietzsche" edited by Heinrich Mann, which pulls important chapters from all the books. Probably the best way besides reading them chronologically.

You really should start at the dad-gummed Greeks though. Also read you some Emerson boy. Neachuh loved Emerson.

Unironically all you need as preparation is Stirner.

>not recognizing Locke or Hobbes
>But knew who foucault was

Nietzsche intended his Beyond Good and Evil as an introduction to his philosophy. Read that and then the Genealogy, and then maybe Zarathustra, and then whatever.

Second for Twilight of the Idols. Though I think reading Plato is overstated and a meme. I studied theology/philosophy (no particular emphasis of Plato) in college and went to seminary for a year and have no trouble understanding the concept of Slave morality. Just have critical thinking skills and start with Geneology of Morals if you have to. If you are a Christian and understand Theology on any level forget Plato.

He was a philologist you fucking retard, everything he ever wrote is connected with ancient literature, how the fuck can you understand him if you don't understand the Greeks?

>wants to read Nietzsche
>doesn't want to start with the greeks

Another illiterate edgy teen who wants to read Nietzsche. Just kys.

>God is dead
>The übermensch
Literally his most basic concepts. You have no chance. Did Pewdiepie make you wanna read the Neetch? Just give up or start with the Greeks. It's not just a meme when it comes to philosophy