Beyond Good and Evil — Friedrich Nietzsche | Audiobook | Chapters & Text

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, presented as a complete modern English audiobook prepared directly from the original German text. A clear, faithful listening edition of Nietzsche’s landmark exploration of morality, truth, religion, power, culture, and modern philosophy. Prepared directly from Nietzsche’s original German text, using the 1886 C. G. Naumann edition as the primary textual authority. The language has been modernized for listening clarity without intentionally changing Nietzsche’s arguments, conclusions, tone, ambiguity, sarcasm, or rhetorical force. Editorial principle: Clarify Nietzsche’s language, not Nietzsche’s ideas. Synthetic narration. Chapter timing is anchored directly to the production audio. Exact-cache subtitle files are retained for archival and quality-control purposes; YouTube’s auto-generated English captions are used as the public caption track. CHAPTERS — §§1–296 Navigation labels below are concise editorial descriptors, not Nietzsche’s original section titles. 0:00 Introduction 0:55 Preface 4:32 §§1–3 Truth, Opposites, and Instinct 9:40 §§4–6 Falsehood and Philosophers’ Motives 14:59 §§7–9 Stoics, Epicureans, and Prejudice 18:21 §§10–12 Soul, Atomism, and Free Will 27:36 §§13–15 Self-Preservation, Physics, and the Senses 31:02 §§16–18 The “I,” Will, and Causation 35:03 §§19–21 The Will and Freedom 45:08 §§22–23 Nature, Law, and Psychology 49:41 §§24–26 Simplification, Knowledge, and Cynicism 57:54 §§27–29 Language, Solitude, and Independence 1:02:41 §§30–32 Esoteric Truth and Moral Development 1:09:09 §§33–35 Self-Denial, Truth, and Morality 1:13:40 §§36–39 Will to Power and the Value of Truth 1:19:29 §§40–42 Masks and Independent Spirits 1:23:38 §§43–44 Philosophers of the Future 1:30:13 §§45–47 Religion, Faith, and the Religious Type 1:37:18 §§48–50 Christianity and the Religious Instinct 1:40:49 §§51–53 Faith, Sacrifice, and Atheism 1:43:51 §§54–56 Soul, God, and Eternal Recurrence 1:47:44 §§57–59 Perspective and Religious Cruelty 1:54:04 §§60–62 Religion as Discipline and Instrument 2:02:45 §§63–69 Love, Knowledge, and Moral Vanity 2:03:41 §§70–76 Passion, Memory, and Self-Deception 2:04:32 §§77–83 Character, Crime, and Shame 2:05:29 §§84–90 Learning, Conviction, and the Heart 2:06:22 §§91–97 Love, Shame, and Self-Control 2:07:08 §§98–104 Desire, Happiness, and Human Types 2:07:59 §§105–111 Vanity, Pity, and Judgment 2:08:49 §§112–118 Solitude, Instinct, and Self-Knowledge 2:09:41 §§119–125 Rank, Taste, and Hidden Motives 2:10:33 §§126–132 Women, Language, and Truth 2:11:38 §§133–139 Morality, Sensuality, and Appearance 2:12:36 §§140–146 Knowledge, Cruelty, and the Abyss 2:13:38 §§147–153 Genius, Religion, and Taste 2:14:34 §§154–160 Love, Enmity, and Friendship 2:15:23 §§161–167 Marriage, Women, and Possession 2:16:16 §§168–174 Children, Character, and Society 2:17:07 §§175–181 Wisdom, Cynicism, and Solitude 2:17:52 §§182–185 Final Maxims 2:18:19 §§186–189 Morality as a Problem 2:29:04 §§190–193 Socrates, Plato, and Moral Reason 2:36:26 §§194–196 Possession, Desire, and Value 2:40:29 §§197–199 Fear, Herd, and Obedience 2:46:27 §§200–203 Democratic Morality and Future Commanders 3:00:21 §§204–206 Scholars and Philosophers 3:10:18 §§207–208 Objectivity and Skepticism 3:21:25 §§209–210 The Stronger Philosophical Type 3:28:28 §§211–213 Philosophers as Legislators 3:37:42 §§214–216 Our Virtues and Honesty 3:40:42 §§217–220 Moral Interpretation and Equality 3:45:25 §§221–224 Cruelty and the Historical Sense 3:53:36 §§225–227 Suffering, Discipline, and Knowledge 3:59:03 §§228–230 Cruelty of Spirit and Truth 4:10:35 §§231–234 Women and the Feminine Ideal 4:15:50 §§235–239 Women, Emancipation, and Modernity 4:24:37 §§240–243 Germans and the European Future 4:32:49 §§244–247 German Depth, Music, and Style 4:45:51 §§248–251 Nations, Jews, and Anti-Semitism 4:52:25 §§252–254 England, France, and European Character 5:02:03 §§255–256 France, Nationalism, and Europe 5:09:31 §§257–260 Aristocracy, Rank, and Master Morality 5:23:06 §§261–266 Vanity, Reverence, and Noble Egoism 5:37:54 §§267–272 Language, Suffering, and Noble Distance 5:48:57 §§273–279 Solitude, Chance, and Self-Possession 5:52:33 §§280–286 Height, Discipline, and the Noble Type 5:57:13 §§287–292 Nobility, Masks, and the Hermit 6:01:57 §§293–296 Laughter, Wisdom, and Final Thoughts 6:09:47 From High Mountains: Aftersong Source: Friedrich Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Böse. C. G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1886. The first-edition scan controls wording and structure. Project Gutenberg German eBook #7204 serves as the searchable working text. Helen Zimmern’s historical public-domain translation was used only as a secondary control. Copyrighted modern translations were excluded. The underlying German text is public domain in the United States. © 2026 The Critical Reader for protectable original editorial and production elements, to the extent permitted by law.