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An authoritative new translation of Jung’s writings from his student yearsFeaturing extensive original commentary as well as diary excerpts and other rare materials published here for the first timeAs a medical student at the University of Basel, C. G. Jung was a member of the Zofingia Society, a student fraternity, becoming president of the Basel section in the winter semester 1897–1898. Between 1896 and 1899, he delivered four lectures there, addressing empirical psychology, natural science, philosophy, spiritualism, metaphysics, and religion—topics that anticipate and illuminate his later work. In these early writings, Jung wrestles with the tension between scientific materialism and his religious-metaphysical interests, criticizing reductionist views in the sciences while still insisting on scientific method. He argues for a life principle irreducible to matter that would enable the possibility of the postmortem existence of the soul.This volume presents Jung’s lectures together with the discussions that followed. It also includes transcripts of several of his sittings with his cousin Helene Preiswerk, material he later used for his medical dissertation. Beginning in 1898, Jung kept a personal diary; the volume offers excerpts in which he continues to reflect on philosophical, literary, and religious issues—including the aesthetics of music—together with an unpublished piece on Tolstoy’s Resurrection. Also included are philosophical notes he began compiling around 1897, portions of which continued in his diary, as well as a reading list with comments prepared for his Zofingia lectures. Two papers he wrote for his medical curriculum—on wound infection and pellagra—are likewise reproduced.The Critical Edition of the Works of C. G. Jung is a monumental, multiyear publishing initiative that introduces Jung’s writings to a new generation of readers in a vibrant new English translation. Each volume features an in-depth historical introduction, informative annotations that draw on Jung’s unpublished correspondence, a detailed chronology, and variorum presentations of works that went through multiple editions.

This book explores C.G. Jung's complex relationship with Friedrich Nietzsche through the lens of the so-called 'visionary' literary tradition. The book connects Jung's experience of the posthumously published Liber Novus (The Red Book) with his own (mis)understanding of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, and formulates the hypothesis of Jung considering Zarathustra as Nietzsche's Liber Novus –– both works being regarded by Jung as 'visionary' experiences. After exploring some 'visionary' authors often compared by Jung to Nietzsche (Goethe, Hölderlin, Spitteler, F. T. Vischer), the book focuses upon Nietzsche and Jung exclusively. It analyses stylistic similarities, as well as explicit references to Nietzsche and Zarathustra in Liber Novus, drawing on Jung's annotations in his own copy of Zarathustra. The book then uses Liber Novus as a prism to contextualize and understand Jung's five-year seminar on Zarathustra: allthe nuances of Jung's interpretation of Zarathustra can be fully explained, only when compared with Liber Novus and its symbology. One of the main topics of the book concerns the figure of 'Christ' and Nietzsche's and Jung's understandings of the 'death of God.'

This book explores C.G. Jung's complex relationship with Friedrich Nietzsche through the lens of the so-called 'visionary' literary tradition. The book connects Jung's experience of the posthumously published Liber Novus (The Red Book) with his own (mis)understanding of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, and formulates the hypothesis of Jung considering Zarathustra as Nietzsche's Liber Novus –– both works being regarded by Jung as 'visionary' experiences. After exploring some 'visionary' authors often compared by Jung to Nietzsche (Goethe, Hölderlin, Spitteler, F. T. Vischer), the book focuses upon Nietzsche and Jung exclusively. It analyses stylistic similarities, as well as explicit references to Nietzsche and Zarathustra in Liber Novus, drawing on Jung's annotations in his own copy of Zarathustra. The book then uses Liber Novus as a prism to contextualize and understand Jung's five-year seminar on Zarathustra: allthe nuances of Jung's interpretation of Zarathustra can be fully explained, only when compared with Liber Novus and its symbology. One of the main topics of the book concerns the figure of 'Christ' and Nietzsche's and Jung's understandings of the 'death of God.'

Nietzsche selbst schrieb einst über seinen Zarathustra, dieser sei "das tiefste Buch, das die Menschheit hat […] Aber mit dem kann man nicht anfangen". Tatsächlich machte es Nietzsche seinen Leserinnen und Lesern nicht einfach: Der durchwegs kryptisch gehaltene Text erschwert das philosophische Verstehen des Werkes enorm, stellt dem Versuch eiliger Aneignung bewusst Hindernisse in den Weg. Es gibt wohl kaum ein philosophisches Werk, das die Auslegung derart erschwert und zugleich einfordert, wie "Also sprach Zarathustra". Der vorliegende Sammelband setzt genau dort an. Chronologisch und detailliert werden die Werkabschnitte des Zarathustra verstehend ausgelegt, ohne dabei unkritisch dessen Inhalte zu übernehmen. Der Band "Nietzsches Zarathustra Auslegen" bietet unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Forschung nicht bloß eine adäquate und anspruchsvolle Lesehilfe zum Zarathustra, sondern zeigt darüber hinaus spannende neue Zusammenhänge im Denken Nietzsches auf.