Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond good and evil is the transition from the middle, rather poetic and positive period of Nietzsche's creation, to his later work dominated by philosophical thought. Prehistoric times it was thought that actions were judged according to their effect. Morality came only when actions were judged according to their intention. Nietzsche's demand was to return to the perspective of pre-moral time. He sought a morality beyond existing norms and values, which is not linked to the historical tradition influenced by religion. Its counterproposal is a novel philosophy of "immorality", which is linked to the respective perspectives of man.