The Antichrist
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, Ecce Homo, The Antichrist is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be accepted as a statement of some of his most salient ideas in their final form. Of all Nietzsche’s books, The Antichrist comes nearest to conventionality in form. It presents a connected argument with very few interludes, and has a beginning, a middle and an end. The reason to listen to this version is that H.L. Mencken, the famous journalist, turned Nietzsche's German into such direct, plain-spoken American English that it puts the haranguing philosopher right up in your face. (3 hr 57 min)
Chapters
| Introduction by HL Mencken | 39:26 | Read by Judy Bieber |
| Author's Preface | 3:14 | Read by ML Cohen |
| 1-19 (Christianity, Theology, Kant) | 41:24 | Read by D.E. Wittkower |
| 20-26 (Buddhism, Jews) | 25:58 | Read by Kirsten Ferreri |
| 27-42 (Jesus) | 43:30 | Read by Judy Bieber |
| 43-47 (New Testament) | 20:40 | Read by Kirsten Ferreri |
| 48-53 (Old Testament) | 21:32 | Read by Kirsten Ferreri |
| 54-62 (Final rant) | 42:13 | Read by D.E. Wittkower |
Reviews
Very thought provoking
Jake
Very interesting book when read from the perspective of one who believes in the very things the author is condemning
A complete dismantling of Abrahamic religions
Chris from Tampa
Perhaps the best indictment of the Abrahamic religions ever produced. Christianity in particular is dismantled with each part analyzed and labeled in terms that show it as utter folly and harmful to life. The majority of athiests today take the simple path of arguing against religion as outdated superstition. This goes much deeper as it takes on concepts that religion espouses as its strengths and reveals them not only as weakness but destructive concepts which harms all who subscribes to them.
Fantastic. So well thought out and cognitive, one of my favorite
sicMisfit
I love this, every bit. Great diction and relatable darkness.
The Antichrist
Paul Santo
I thought it was a great read with a lot of valid points. I now want to read some more of his material.
M del Mazo
I read The Antichrist years before listening to this recording. You would think that listening to, rather than reading, the philosophy of Nietzsche would be a fool’s errand. Surely, it’s far too complex to absorb anything of value in such a passive manner? Not so, it was being so well read completely comprehensible. You’ve got to love Nietzsche. He’s so earnest. He is dead, of course. But if Nietzsche had been granted a vision of the greatest horrors of the 20th century that his philosophy had often helped justify, having seen both world wars, witnessed the holocaust, the Soviet terror, Mao’s Great Leap Forward, genocide in Rwanda, the atomic age, etc., he’d have made a B-line for the closest Monastery or Indian Ashram, long before remembering the God whose protection he sought was dead. Still, it makes you wonder. What secret sauce the Germans of his parent’s generation added to the drinking water which birthed so many giants, geniuses, and monsters?
A LibriVox Listener
At best it is a refutation of Catholicism, its doctrine of salvation, and its hierarchy of clergy. Nietzsche is also somewhat deceptive in his biblical quotations, for example he quotes Paul "it is better to marry than to burn..." and omits "...with passion" to imply that the bible teaches that fornicators should be burnt; a pretty dramatic shift from its intended meaning. The reading was well done.
Good book, good recording
notmyname
This recording has only four readers, so it holds together better than the average group-read book, and the recordings are good quality. The readers are all pretty good. They read the frothing-at-the-mouth parts dramatically, which is fun.
A LibriVox Listener
great book. Thought provoking and enthralling. Also a little less scattered then some of his other works