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Nietzsche's Life Lessons
Nietzsche's Life Lessons
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If you are tired and in pain from a difficult life, read Nietzsche!
The core content of six volumes of Nietzsche's great works reborn as aphorisms!

Are you overwhelmed by the pain and suffering of life? Are you somehow managing to get by, yet feeling lost and confused, unable to grasp the purpose of your existence? Are you simply living like everyone else, unwilling to live consciously, yet somehow managing to get by? If you don't know your purpose, if your current life is painful and agonizing, read this book, filled with Nietzsche's vivid voice! Recently, along with the Schopenhauer craze, the Nietzsche craze continues to rage in Korean society.
What message of philosopher Nietzsche, and why, resonates so deeply with the weary hearts of Koreans? In short, it's Nietzsche's unique philosophy of detoxification and life, urging us to empty ourselves rather than fill ourselves, to find ourselves and bravely overcome life's crises. This philosophy empowers us to overcome our harsh realities and live anew.
“Don’t follow the majority opinion.
“Be yourself!” “The will that does not crumble under pain, this is greatness!” Nietzsche says that pain is essential to human life and urges us to live with dignity and true self, thus escaping from a life of comparison, a life of showing off, and a life full of vanity.
This book, which carefully selects only the philosophical and conceptual content that is somewhat distant from the concerns and topics of the present age from six of Nietzsche's major works and compiles only the content that modern readers can relate to, contains all the wisdom of life that we need to know.
It's not just superficial, abstract life advice, but full of vivid, concrete practical rules that will help you navigate the harsh realities of life.
Nietzsche's insight that we must become not just good people but the only true people in the world resonates even more deeply with 21st-century readers.


This book is a collection of Nietzsche's writings from his mid-period onwards, when he emerged as an original writer and true thinker, free from the influence of Wagner and Schopenhauer and establishing his own unique philosophical world.
The book carefully selected contents that will be of great help to the lives of modern people from the six books that are considered to be Nietzsche's representative works and greatly loved by people around the world: 『Human, All Too Human』 (1878), 『Miscellaneous Maxims and Opinions』 (1879), 『The Wanderer and His Shadow』 (1880), 『Morgenrothe』 (1881), 『Die frohliche Wissenschaft』 (1882), and 『Beyond Good and Evil』 (1886).
I hope that through this translation, you will be able to fully enjoy the essence of Nietzsche's philosophy of life.
Of course, if circumstances permit, it would be best to spend a long time reading all of Nietzsche's works, but it is not easy to read all of Nietzsche's works in order to get to know him.
Even though Nietzsche's works are relatively less difficult to read compared to those of other philosophers, Nietzsche's philosophy is still difficult, and the volume is so vast that it is somewhat difficult for the general public to read all of Nietzsche's works on their own.
Moreover, Nietzsche's unique proverb-style writing style, which lacks a clear table of contents, can be distracting to the reader, so this translation has been completely reorganized into a six-chapter table of contents, and to help modern readers understand, column titles that were not in the original book have been newly added.
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Editor's Note: If you're tired of the hardships of life, read Nietzsche.

Chapter 1: Life Lessons for Finding the Right Direction in My Life

Discover your own likeness in nature | We who do not even realize that we have traveled | Have you never seen people who are silent | Devote yourself to yourself, the source of experience | To properly understand things, look from a distance | The road you take in the future will be more lonely and difficult | Only talk to yourself leisurely and happily | Let’s not live like them by squeezing into the crowd | The best thing in our lives is deep silence | We should not try to sing in chorus with others | I hate following others, and I hate leading others | Get rid of the crowd instinct that wants to belong to a group | Our society should teach us how to endure solitude | Love the quiet of the evening and the tranquility of the sunset | While experiencing something, concentrate only on it | If you want to gain wisdom, you must experience it yourself | Practice giving up something steadily every day | Take enough time to accept something | People who live contentedly despite their mental poverty | Long-lasting Experience the state of awareness as a rest | Always take time to discuss the purpose of what I do | Do not be a person who does not know himself properly | Life changes only when you change small habits | Do not be proud of what you did for your own benefit | If you look for teachers and guides carelessly, you will pay the price later | Look at the world as if you were looking for tragedy and comedy in a play | I am a spark that knows where I came from | Do not pity the miserable world, but only be pure | As long as he shifts responsibility to others, he belongs to the mob | Do not act arrogantly to hide your ignorance | Overcome quick temper, irritation, desire for revenge, and lust | I must be aware of the stage I am living in | Things called 'common' are always of little value | I must train myself to reflect on my actions | When good deeds become known to the world, the pure pleasure disappears | Do not cling to people, but protect your own virtue | Make good use of the ebb and flow of the inner flow | Because of the suffering of others, I am Don't be depressed | A person's greatness is to show direction | Refuse to be a slave to conventional opinions | Do not need the applause or applause of others | If you pay attention to everything others say about you, you will be ruined | Jump into your own lake and find cheerfulness | The most difficult thing to overcome is vanity within you | Please give up the vanity that makes you sensitive to fame and praise | Why do you not hesitate to deceive yourself | The difference between someone who knows something a little and someone who knows something well

Chapter 2: Life Lessons for Living as the Person I Want to Be

A person obsessed with obedience cannot become a disciple of knowledge. | The public fears the depth because they cannot see the bottom. | Retrieve your own opinions, not old 'beliefs'. | Do not admire the virtues of others too much. | Take a torch in your hand and look at yourself suddenly. | Losing yourself is also a way to discover yourself. | What market people say is only the opinions of the past. | Do not steal the value assessments of others as if they were your own. | Greatness, tranquility, and sunlight contain everything. | Inner movement must occur naturally. | Do not evaluate the world by the standards within your limits. | The realm of thought is the realm of superficial self-satisfaction. | As adventurers and migratory birds, we set out on adventures to the ocean. | The flaw of haste becomes a school that nurtures genius. | One day, you must call out your first nature that you have been hiding. | People who just crouch underground are lovable. | Love ignorance of the future, love not knowing the future. | Look inside yourself as if you were looking at the vast universe. | Stand alone. Living like myself is true greatness | Don't think I'm right because he praised me | The greatest ideas create the greatest events | Those who go along with the masses eventually become the masses' enemies | Those who try to move the masses live pretending to be actors | People laugh at me when I try to throw away my shackles | A butterfly that flies has no worries about living only one day | Don't be a poor lamb following a poor leader | People are biased about themselves from childhood to adulthood | The superior and outstanding wear the mask of mediocrity | People who become nothing only when they wear the clothes of public opinion | My essence is the cause of my thoughts and judgments | Take a new step toward becoming an independent being | People who become absorbed in an impression once they receive it | The higher the level of culture, the more interesting everything seems | I want to have a lion and an eagle by my side | The best we can do is to become our own masters | Sometimes we reach the highest level by denying our own ideals | What are you doing, walking traveler, beneath the abyss? Have you found it? | Let's step away from the present era we live in for a while | Listen to the low voices we hear in various situations of life | Dignity is just the way many people disguise themselves | The difference between a strong person and a weak person | Why we don't try to correct our wrong thoughts about ourselves | Use life's dangerous moments to open our eyes to the truth | Feel comfortable in places where there are many dangers to endure | Don't live for others by getting involved with others

Chapter 3: Life Lessons to Lighten the Burden of Life

Idealizing every process of life lightens the burden of life | Admire yourself and live in this alley | Two principles for living a new life | We must get closer to flowers, grass, and butterflies | Only when we are in trouble do we realize the need of an individual | Do not show him the way to happiness | Have you ever been different from these three people even once | Things you only realize after facing the wind | I want to make a sun just for myself | The amazing value of what I am doing or stopping doing | I am no longer ashamed of myself | Isn't the sight of people rising and setting as beautiful as the sun | Sleeping at the right time, no matter what it is, is the essence of wisdom | If the burden of life you carry is heavy, increase it instead | Why I call my suffering 'a dog' | I love the morality of thinking nothing | Our actions determine what we must give up | Only after everything is taken away do we come to know what is unique | Hope is somehow healing and It is a sign of getting better | Even in pain, there is much wisdom | When you think about who you want to be, that becomes you | The leisure and wisdom of life that you only gain after being sick | You must not crumble even in the face of great pain | Living in a developed culture does not make you happier | The greatness we possess is constantly being broken little by little | The will to endure pain brings joy to life | Pines and firs are not anxious at all | The sunlight of love that suddenly shines clearly on a February day | Life is too short to live for novelty | Do not build your life on a foundation of too narrow desires | There are times when you realize the merits of misfortune | Live like a doctor at a free clinic that heals the soul | I want to be another person who makes things beautiful | It is a sign of health to like objections and deviations | Did you fully know what you were doing | Can a towering tree shelter from the wind and rain | Great landscape painters tend to paint simple environments | Do not be an actor who plays your own ideal | It is a great victory not to humiliate him. | Only after becoming great can one finally attain abundance. | Only by turning the wrong direction can one proceed on one's own course.

Chapter 4: Life Lessons on the Essence of Life and Humanity

A meaningful life is made up of the best moments | A person who longs for 'something' like a starving person looking for food | A person who blames society for the bad things he experiences | If good things become mine after a long time | A person who forgets what he originally intended to do | Hope is the worst disaster because it prolongs human suffering | A person who cannot cancel his goals because he is afraid of what others think | Possession becomes the master, and the owner becomes the slave | What words will you leave behind in your last moments before death | Nothing human is worth taking seriously | All audiences in the theater called Earth hate banality | The way one faces death does not reveal one's character | It is already too late to regret and realize it later | When the blackboard of your soul is filled to the brim | Discovering a life view that realizes the greatest happiness | It is not wise to judge life in old age | What are your habits made of | Why do we feel happy at the misfortune of others | People look at themselves too closely | The really important issues are on the street | People with deep sadness are revealed when they are happy | Young people need people who act as guardrails | Reflections on the first and last 20 years of life | We always learn from our mistakes | Young people who just accept what is already complete | Why people in this age are not bold | The highest truth appears in the simplest form | Why people choose and sacrifice the big over the small | People who pull others down to their level | Wishing for the world to end is the highest form of jealousy | People who cannot let go of the past and still want to possess it | Humans are the only creatures who erase their own failures | Don't say it's good before it happens | It's easy to become empty when you are deeply absorbed in many events | Why it's detrimental to make achievements at an early age

Chapter 5: Life Lessons That Reveal the Secrets of Human Relationships

If you want to hear the truth, you must have a clown by your side. | If you want to make people angry, make them wait a long time. | How to get rid of people who are very vain. | If you want to make peace with someone, give them a chance to use humor. | How to get the best response from them in a conversation. | If you want to know someone's true feelings, practice these skills. | When you realize that you have a duty to be grateful. | Pay back past humiliations by giving more than you received. | The sweet shamelessness of a compliment. | It was for yourself, not for the other person. | You should not show people an arrogant attitude. | You only believe in your hatred for him, not the reasons for it. | What you feel when you are suddenly humiliated. | A person who hates only when he feels weak. | The two meanings of the saying, "He does not know how to read people." | How not to burden each other with courtesy, one of the good virtues. | If you do not forget anything, but forgive everything. | If you are tormented by the desire to kill your enemy. | If you are in a high position. A person who shows noble mercy only after rising up | How insatiable ambitious people deal with flatterers | It is those close to them who spread the most vile slander | Never say out loud, “I don’t want revenge” | Why we are so easily swayed by the kindness and hatred around us | Don’t listen to what others think of you | Kindness played a bigger role than sympathy or mercy | When a sympathetic person becomes unnecessary | A person who puts revenge into action, a person who only harbors a desire for revenge | Humans harbor both a desire for revenge and a feeling of gratitude | Why patients hate those who advise them 261 | A person who has not earned sincere trust | A cowardly person does not hurt others’ feelings | Do not refute when someone criticizes us | A person who is very proud and does not receive enough respect | A person who overuses superlatives to exaggerate a story | If you have unconsciously offended someone | Asking for forgiveness after insulting them | Why we speak harshly or exaggerate slightly on purpose | A person who demands something difficult from others | A person who is distressed by the fact that he has made an enemy | Self-defense is only possible from the outside, not from the inside | A person who burns slowly, a person who is simply cold | To enter the system, become a complete wheel | A person who wants to rule and rules, and a person who does not want to be ruled | If you want to be a good example and model for others | If your words explode with anger, try to swallow them | Do not rush into the heat of argument easily | No one accuses someone without thinking of revenge | A person feels more guilty when he gives dishonest praise | The vain use jealousy as a mask | A person who carries a quiver full of curses | It is okay to refuse a request, but never a thank you | If you want to take thorough and cruel revenge on your enemy | When you find out if the person has noticed your weakness | When you have harmed someone, plan to do good | The power to highlight your virtues with your weakness | A person's flaws are hidden in his fantastic ideals | A person who asks for sympathy after being angry and insulting | The reason why that person becomes ungrateful even after receiving a great gift | The most effective means of comforting someone who needs comfort | The reality of what defines an impression of a person | Benevolence, nobility, charity, and sacrifice are baits that everyone bites

Chapter 6: Life Lessons on the Secrets of Friendship and Love

When you misjudge fear and when you misjudge love | If you talk too much and too quickly, you will surely be despised | You should not reveal secrets as proof of trust | There is nothing worse than a reputation for being arrogant | When you are mentally tired, you become cold to people | Why people with hypochondria suffer from jealousy | Do not amuse yourself at the expense of colleagues and friends | How to gain your upper hand by attacking his vanity | What happens when two vain people meet | Do not tell each other only what you know | People who use even their friends for their own vanity | When the person you are with flatters and paralyzes your attention | The expectations of the giver of a gift, the inner feelings of the receiver | Do not spare yourself to gain the trust of others | It is important whether you remember receiving kindness from others | Do not emphasize your friendship with others in front of them | Why you feel awkward after an ordinary social gathering | It is easier to deal with a guilty conscience than with a bad reputation | If you want to make a firm pledge, never use words alone. | Do not put on a showy show of interest to attract others. | It is an empty dream to be economical in kindness. | If you are always distrustful and jealous, you are an outdated person. | The owner of a more passionate personality is always at a disadvantage. | Why avoid associating with great people or famous people. | Associating with people who are ashamed to show their emotions. | Be careful when associating with talented but lazy people. | People who want to fill themselves up, people who want to empty themselves. | Avoid people who hate themselves. | People who believe they know me well because they are associating with me. | Why kind and affluent people and thinkers cannot get along. | If you want to associate with a good person, like a delicious and nutritious chestnut. | Do not demand that he trust you because you trust him. | The talent for making good friends has special value. | You learn to keep silent in order to remain friends. | To respect someone, to love someone. | In everyday life, a friend. Be sincere to someone you are with | When old friends meet again after a long separation | It is only good to be friends with diligent people | Good friendships are formed when you cherish and love the other person a lot | When my friend who has not changed meets me who has changed a lot | Let's understand and be happy that he is different from me | How to love people must be learned from childhood | Treating everyone indiscriminately is rather contempt for humanity | The image of a woman you hold in your heart is the legacy your mother left behind | Only conversation continues throughout the marriage | Can you imagine what the other person will be like when they are old? | What happens when both people try to be loved | The tragedy of childhood never goes away throughout life

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We feel a pleasant thrill when we find something in nature that resembles ourselves.
This would be the most beautiful doppelganger.
The October atmosphere, shimmering with sunshine all day, the breeze that flutters playfully and playfully from early morning until night, the brightness yet the appropriate coolness, neither too hot nor too cold, the graceful and solemn appearance of the hills, lakes, and forests of this plateau, boldly nestled beside the fierce, eternal snows, seemingly the source of all the silvery hues of nature! How happy is he who finds his own likeness in nature itself!
“There are many things in nature that are much more magnificent and beautiful, but I am drawn to this.
It's familiar, like I've known you for a long time.
How happy is the man who can say, “It is as if we are connected by blood, or even more so.”

--- p.21

You have moved forward and risen very high.
There is some solid evidence of this, look around you right now.
It's much more expansive than before and the scenery is also great.
The wind is cooler than before, but much milder.
Now you don't confuse gentleness with warmth.
I used to be so foolish.
Your steps have become more lively and firm.
I also became braver and more thoughtful.
It is for this very reason that the path you take in the future will become even more lonely.
Maybe the road will be more difficult than before.
But to those who see you walking up the mountain in a foggy valley, it might not seem so arduous.

--- p.27

"What is the purpose of what I do? What do I hope to achieve with this?" Current education neither teaches nor asks these "questions about truth."
There is no time to even ask such questions.
There is always time and inclination to joke around with children, to say nice things to girls who will become mothers, and to discuss the future and pleasures of young people.
No time to discuss the truth? Humans are typically given 70 years. What does that mean?
--- p.44

Star, go your way as you have been told.
What does darkness have to do with you? Spin around joyfully, passing through this age! The misery of this age is alien and distant to you.
Your light also belongs to the dark world.
It's a sin for you to pity the world! Star, you only have to keep one precept.
Be pure!
--- p.52

A stream that flows alone cannot grow larger or more abundant.
Only when it accepts countless tributaries and continues to move forward does it become a river.
The same goes for great minds.
A man of great spirit is not one who is gifted with talent, but one who shows the way for the countless tributaries who follow him.
Greatness is about giving direction!
--- p.63

It is our vanity that makes us happy when we hear a compliment from someone.
A person without vanity will only show a polite expression of delight when complimented.
Even people who are normally satisfied with themselves show vanity and become sensitive to fame and praise after becoming ill.
At this time, he wants to find himself again from outside as he has lost himself due to illness.
So, we try to find ourselves in other people's opinions.
--- p.71

We, adventurers and migratory birds, wake up in the middle of the ocean of creation, on a small island no bigger than a ferryboat, and as quickly as possible, we take a moment to look around with curious eyes.
Because a sudden wind might blow us away, or a wave might sweep away our little island and leave us with nothing.
But here in this small place, we find other migratory birds and hear about the ones that have been here before.
In this way, we happily flap our wings, chirp, and perceive and speculate in brief but precious moments.
Then, with pride as great as the ocean in his heart, he sets out on an adventure into the ocean.

--- p.94

Here are two principles for living a new life:
The first principle is that you should set your life goals as the most certain and most provable ones.
We should not pursue as our life's goal the most distant, the most uncertain, the clouds on the horizon, as we have done so far.
The second principle is to set priorities in life to determine the direction you will take going forward.
Before you finally decide on a direction, you need to clearly prioritize what is closer and more certain to you.

--- p.135

What do you believe? “I believe that the significance of everything must be redefined.” What does your conscience say? “My conscience says, ‘Be yourself.’” Where does your greatest danger lie? “In compassion.” What do you love in others? “I love my hopes.” Who do you consider bad? “Those who always seek to humiliate others.” What is the most human thing for you? “To relieve others of their shame.” What is the sign of your freedom? “To no longer be ashamed of myself.”
--- p.143

If life were to one day completely rob us of everything we possess—our honor, our joy, our family, our health—we would probably be shocked at first.
But when you wake up from the surprise, you will find yourself much richer than before.
Because only then will you discover for the first time what is uniquely yours, something that no robber can touch.
In this way, perhaps, we will escape with dignity as landowners amidst all the plunder and chaos.

--- p.150

Can someone achieve great things without discovering within themselves the strength and will to endure great suffering? One must be able to endure pain.
This is the minimum we must have.
Sometimes, people appear fragile, but they endure pain boldly.
But if, when you suffer great pain and hear the cries of this pain, you do not break down in inner bewilderment and anxiety, then that is greatness and belongs to greatness.

--- p.156

It is not wise to judge the day by the evening.
This is because fatigue is often judged as a measure of strength, success, and good will.
Likewise, when we reach old age, we must be extremely careful in making decisions about our lives.
For old age, like the evening, is fond of disguising itself with new and attractive morals, and puts the day to shame with its sunset, its twilight, its peaceful and yearning silence.
In our reverence for the elderly, we tend to overlook the fact that their minds are often senile.

--- p.203

An arrogant attitude is actually just a facade of pride.
However, pride, by its very nature, cannot be put on display, disguised, or pretended.
Therefore, an arrogant attitude is just an attempt to disguise one's pride in order to hide one's incompetence, and most of the time it fails.
So, when it is revealed that an arrogant person has disguised himself as something else, we can expect three unpleasant things to happen:
First, we will be angry with him because he tried to deceive us.
Second, we will be angry at him because he tried to show us that he was superior.
And finally, people will laugh at him because both of his attempts have failed.
So, you should never be arrogant!
--- p.242

A person with a very strong sense of pride will often hide the fact for a long time and try to cover up the situation for himself and others if he does not receive the respect he expected.
He will also become a psychologist and come up with plausible excuses to convince himself that he is not respected enough.
But in the end, the goal is not achieved, and the veil of deception is torn.
Then he becomes even more angry.

--- p.265

Even if you anger your enemies with your bold actions, if you show your jealousy outwardly, you can usually reconcile with them.
Because jealousy is a kind of humility that involves comparing oneself to others and unintentionally lamenting one's own situation.
So, wouldn't even those who weren't jealous put on a mask to reap these benefits? Perhaps.
The boldness of one's actions is a manifestation of vanity, a desire to provoke the enemy's anger even at the cost of suffering losses, rather than to reveal that one considers the other an equal inwardly.
Such vain people would have used the mask of jealousy.
--- p.281

Publisher's Review
Insights from the great philosopher Nietzsche, who tells us about life and the essence of humanity!

Nietzsche, who considered it a disease to lose flexibility of thought by becoming absorbed in a single issue such as religion, philosophy, or morality, laid the foundation for modern philosophy with his unique radical ideas such as "God is dead," and is the philosopher who had the greatest influence on various fields including music.
As a great philosopher, he inspired countless philosophers, including Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Jaspers, and Michel Foucault. There is a reason why Nietzsche's philosophy is overwhelmingly loved and followed by modern readers.


First, because Nietzsche's message makes our hearts beat again.
Nietzsche believed that we must listen to our inner voice, which is not satisfied with our current life and seeks change.
Otherwise, they thought they would get sick or fall into boredom and emptiness with their current life.
In Nietzsche's thought, which does not settle for the present but seeks to transcend the present and pursue free thought and constant change as dictated by the will of the power that exists within, ordinary citizens today may find enterprising, future-oriented, and positive meaning in the tiring and difficult lives they face.
Second, Nietzsche's philosophy is relatively easy to approach compared to other philosophers.
The concise and powerful writing style that unfolds his philosophical thoughts is more literary than logical, making it relatively accessible to the general public compared to the dry and difficult writings of other philosophers.
Nietzsche's books are full of thoroughly realistic, direct, and sharp words, rather than philosophical, beautiful, and metaphysical words.
I sincerely hope that through this book, you will be able to learn about Nietzsche's philosophical ideas without any burden, and that you will also be able to continuously listen to the voice within yourself and think progressively.
So, I hope that you will not be discouraged by comparing yourself to others, and will not crumble under worry and pain, but will live proudly and confidently as the one and only you in the world!

I guarantee you, you will be vastly different from who you were before you knew Nietzsche and who you are now! The question, "How should we live?" is not just a philosophical conundrum.
It is a very everyday and very important question that everyone will inevitably face at some point.
But the worries about this are as vague as a small sailboat floating on a vast ocean.
Let us listen to Nietzsche's voice, which transcends hundreds of years of time and space and still inspires the lives of countless people around the world.
This book is a great classic full of insights into life and humanity.
Whenever you experience the ups and downs of life, whenever you feel lost in an unknown need, whenever you fear the gaze of others, take out this book and read it.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: July 5, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 360 pages | 548g | 153*225*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791160024357
- ISBN10: 1160024359

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