The Gay Science (1-5)

[Praxis101]

The Gay Science is Nietzsche’s 4-5th book, and in my opinion, gives large insight into Nietzsche’s perspective on things – making each of the other works easier to grasp (as we know, Nietzsche can be difficult to grasp at times, especially when first acquiring a taste for the radical style.)

This thread will be for discussion of the first 5/383 sections (8 pages in a small paperback):
- Questions
- Comments, Insight, your Intepretation
- Your position on a particular idea (i.e. agree with Nietzsche, or not?)
Let ‘em rip – you could have read it and other of Nietzsche’s works many times, or could be reading it here for your first time – either way, whaddya think?

I’ll start with section 1: this is the entire book (though I recommend buying the physical book more, particularly the Walter Kaufman edition). The preface at the top, then a bunch of poems, then the beginning of the actual book.

Nietzsche's Wikipedia page, if you're looking for a little background/context for the writing.